流淚

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	tears
trad. (流淚)		流	淚
simp. (流泪)		流	泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ leoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-lui
• Jin (Wiktionary): liou¹ lui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióulèi
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-lei⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouley
    • Palladius: люлэй (ljulɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ leoi⁶
    • Yale: làuh leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ lɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-lui
    • Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ lui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² lui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ lu̯i⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: liou¹ lui³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəu¹¹ luei⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: liû-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liului
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ lui³³/

Verb

流⫽淚 (verb-object)

1. to shed tears

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣／啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 流眼淚 (“to shed tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		流淚, 流眼淚, 掉眼淚, 掉淚, 淌眼淚, 淌淚, 灑淚, 落淚
Mandarin	Beijing	流眼淚, 掉淚兒
	Taiwan	流眼淚
	Tianjin	流眼淚
	Chengde	流眼淚
	Tangshan	流眼淚
	Cangzhou	流眼淚
	Baoding	流眼淚
	Shijiazhuang	流眼淚
	Chifeng	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Heihe	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Qiqihar	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Harbin	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Jiamusi	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Baicheng	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Changchun	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Tonghua	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Shenyang	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Dandong	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Jinzhou	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Dalian	淌眼淚兒
	Yantai	流淚
	Qingdao	流淚
	Lijin	流淚兒
	Zhucheng	淌眼淚, 掉淚
	Jinan	流眼淚, 流淚
	Jining	淌淚
	Shangqiu	流淚, 淌淚
	Yuanyang	流眼淚
	Zhengzhou	流眼淚
	Lingbao	流眼淚
	Xinyang	流眼淚
	Baihe	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Hanzhong	淌眼淚
	Xi'an	流眼淚
	Baoji	淌眼淚
	Yinchuan	淌眼淚
	Tianshui	淌眼淚
	Lanzhou	淌眼淚
	Dunhuang	淌眼淚
	Xining	淌眼淚
	Hami	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Ürümqi	淌眼淚
	Wuhan	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Yichang	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Xiangyang	流眼淚
	Tianmen	流眼淚, 流眼雨
	Hong'an	流眼淚, 放眼淚
	Chengdu	流眼淚水
	Nanchong	流眼淚
	Dazhou	流眼淚水
	Hanyuan	流眼淚子
	Xichang	流眼淚, 冒眼淚
	Zigong	流眼睛水
	Chongqing	流眼睛水
	Guiyang	淌眼淚
	Zunyi	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
	Bijie	淌眼淚
	Liping	流眼淚
	Zhaotong	淌眼淚
	Dali	淌眼淚
	Kunming	淌眼淚
	Mengzi	淌眼淚
	Guilin	流眼淚
Liuzhou	流眼淚
Jishou	流眼淚水
Changde	流眼雨
Anqing	淌眼淚
Xuzhou	淌眼淚
Fuyang	淌眼淚
Wuhu	淌眼水
Yangzhou	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
Lianyungang	淌眼淚
Lianshui	淌眼淚
Nanjing	淌眼水
Hefei	淌眼淚
Nantong	流眼淚
Singapore	流眼淚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	流眼水
	Hong Kong	流眼淚, 流馬尿
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	流眼淚
	Macau	流眼淚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	流眼淚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	流眼淚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	流眼淚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	流眼淚
	Foshan	流眼水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	流眼水
	Foshan (Shunde)	流眼淚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	滴眼淚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	流眼淚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	流眼淚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	流眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	流眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	流眼淚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	流眼淚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	流眼淚
	Taishan	流眼淚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	流眼淚
	Enping (Niujiang)	流眼淚
	Heshan (Yayao)	流眼水
	Dongguan	流眼淚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	流眼淚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	流眼淚
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	流眼淚
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	流眼汁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	流眼水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	流眼汁
	Conghua (Lütian)	出眼水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	流目汁, 出目汁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	流目汁, 出目汁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	流目汁, 出目汁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	流目汁, 出目汁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	流目汁, 出目汁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	流目汁
Huizhou	Shexian	流眼淚
Jin	Taiyuan	流淚
	Yangyuan	流淚水, 流淚
	Datong	流眼淚
	Xinzhou	流眼淚, 流淚
	Lishi	流眼淚
	Linfen	流淚兒
	Changzhi	流淚
	Linhe	流眼淚
	Jining	流眼淚
	Hohhot	流眼淚
	Erenhot	流眼淚
	Pingshan	流淚
	Zhangjiakou	流眼淚
	Handan	流眼淚
	Linzhou	流淚
	Suide	流眼淚, 淌眼淚
Southern Min	Tainan	流目屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	流目屎
	Jieyang	流目汁
	Singapore (Teochew)	流目汁
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	流目睭汁
	Sanxiang	流目汁
Wu	Shanghai	眼淚出, 流眼淚, 落眼淚

Derived terms

• 流淚證／流泪证