流

• 拼音: liú
• 汉字拆解: 流 = 氵 (water) + 㐬 (phonetic, suggesting flowing motion)

含义

To flow; to stream. Describes the movement of liquids, air, or abstract things like time.

Primarily used for water and liquids flowing, but also for tears, sweat, blood, and figuratively for information or trends spreading. Appears in many compounds: 流行 (popular/trendy), 流利 (fluent), 交流 (exchange).

例句

1. 河水慢慢地流着。
2. 她看了电影以后流了很多眼泪。
3. 外面太热了，我流了很多汗。

用法指南

语境: nature, everyday, emotion

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 水在流。(The water is flowing.)
• 别哭了，你看眼泪都流下来了。(Don't cry — look, your tears are flowing down.)

错误说法

• 不要说'时间流了' (Don't say 时间流了 — for time passing, say 时间过了 or use 流逝 in formal writing)

起源与历史

Pictographic character originally showing water flowing between banks. The left side 氵 is the water radical, and the right side represents the flowing motion.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal