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Running water in Chinese: 流水 (liú shuǐ)

liú shuǐ

running water

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1running water
  2. 2(business) turnover

Stroke order

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流
水

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 山间的流水声让人很放松。

    shān jiān de liú shuǐ shēng ràng rén hěn fàng sōng。

    The sound of running water in the mountains is very relaxing.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

流

liú

to flow

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

交流

jiāo liú

to exchange

流泪

liú lèi

to shed tears

流利

liú lì

fluent

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

流传

liú chuán

to spread

轮流

lún liú

to alternate

药水

yào shuǐ

medicine in liquid form

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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