激流

Chinese

		to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (激流)		激	流
simp. #(激流)		激	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-liû / kek-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jilióu
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-liu²
    • Yale: jī-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiliou
    • Palladius: цзилю (czilju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: gīk làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-liû
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiakliuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-liû
    • Tâi-lô: kik-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liu²⁴/

Noun

激流

1. swift current; torrent; rapids; rip current; rip tide

Synonyms

• 奔流 (bēnliú)
• 湧湍／涌湍 (yǒngtuān) (literary)
• 退潮流 (tuìcháoliú)
• 離岸流／离岸流 (lí'ànliú)

 

Derived terms

• 勇退激流
• 激流勇進／激流勇进
• 激流島／激流岛 (Jīliúdǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
激	流
げき Grade: 6	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

激(げき)流(りゅう) • (gekiryū) 

1. cataract; rapids, swift current

   激流(げきりゅう)が流(なが)れる川(かわ)

   gekiryū ga nagareru kawa

   a river flowing in a swift current