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(of a contagious disease etc) to spread in Chinese: 流行 (liú xíng)

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2to propagate
  3. 3(of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4fashionable

Stroke order

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流
行

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄥˊ

xíng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 红色不流行了。

    hóng sè bù liú xíng le。

    Red is out of fashion.

  • 这不是很流行。

    zhè bú shì hěn liú xíng。

    This is not very stylish.

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Related words

行

xíng

to walk

流

liú

to flow

举行

jǔ xíng

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

银行

yín háng

bank

交流

jiāo liú

to exchange

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

流泪

liú lèi

to shed tears

流利

liú lì

fluent

流传

liú chuán

to spread

轮流

lún liú

to alternate

实行

shí xíng

to implement

行动

xíng dòng

operation

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