Chinese Word of the Day

河流
hé liú

river

Definitions

Chinese > English
河流	héliú
1. n. (collective) river
泰晤士.^河是 ^英國第二長的河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
河流已經乾gān涸了。 - The river has dried up.
English > Chinese
river
1. 名词. 河
Components
河	hé
1. Yellow River, Huang He
Synonyms: 黃河
河南 - Henan, lit=south of the Yellow River
2. (obsolete, Chinese mythology) Hebo; the god of the Yellow River
3. (obsolete, Chinese mythology) Yellow River's Map; the plan of the Yellow River (mystic diagram said to have been supernaturally revealed)
4. (by extension) river, especially a smaller river, creek, or stream, as distinguished from m:道
河流 - river
小河 - small river, stream
5. (obsolete) streamside; riverside
6. (literary, figurative) Milky Way
7. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 河粉
乾炒牛河ho4-2 - beef chow fun
He; Ho
流	liú
1. to flow
流汗 - to sweat
流淚 - to cry; to let tears flow
流血 - to bleed
2. to drift; to wander
流連 - to linger; to be reluctant to leave
3. class; grade
一流 - first class; top grade
4. (of water, electricity, other fluids) current; flow; stream
氣流 - airflow
電流 - electric current
5. to spread; to scatter; to disseminate
Synonyms: 留傳, 散佈
流言 - rumors; gossip
流芳 - to leave a good reputation
6. (physics) Short for 流明, lumen
7. (math) flow
8. (computing) stream
9. (Cantonese, Hakka) of poor quality
流嘢 - poor-quality goods
10. (Cantonese) fake; ingenuine
Antonyms: yue:堅