how to write liu(flow) in chinese

流

pinyinliú
radicals氵Stroke count10
eanglish meaningflow; drift; move; wander; stream of water; stream; current; sth. resembling a stream of water

Stroke order of the Chinese character "流" (liu)

Handwriting

v. （液体移动; 流动） flow:

1. 流汗
perspire; sweat;

2. 江河流入海中。
Rivers flow into the sea.

v. （移动不定） drift; move; wander:

1. 飘流
drift about; float;

2. 流转
wander about; be on the move

v. （流传; 传播） spread:

1. 广泛流传
spread far and wide

v. （向坏的方面转变） degenerate; change for the worse:

1. 流于形式
become a mere formality

v. （旧时把犯人送到辽远地区去） send into exile; banish:

1. 流放
send sb. into exile

n. （指江河的流水） stream of water; stream; current:

1. 洪流
mighty torrent; powerful current;

2. 河流
river;

3. 激[湍]流
rushing [turbulent] stream;

4. 顺流而行
sail with the current

n. （像水流的东西） sth. resembling a stream of water; current; flow:

1. 寒流
cold current;

2. 电流
electric current;

3. 熔岩流
stream of lava;

4. 意识流
stream of consciousness

n. （品类; 等级） class; grade; rate:

1. 上流社会
upper-class society;

2. 社会名流
well-known people;

3. 第一流人品
a first-rate character