支流

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (支流)		支	流
simp. #(支流)		支	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ lau⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-liû / ki-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihlióu
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-liu²
    • Yale: jr̄-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyliou
    • Palladius: чжилю (čžilju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 之流 支流

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: jī làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 之流 支流

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciliuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-liû
    • Tâi-lô: ki-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiliuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/

Noun

支流

1. (literally) tributary (river that flows into a larger river)
2. (figuratively) minor aspects

Synonyms

• (tributary): 流派 (liúpài), (literary) 派 (pài)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "tributary"): 幹流／干流 (gànliú), 主流 (zhǔliú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	流
し Grade: 5	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

支(し)流(りゅう) • (shiryū) 

1. tributary, feeder of a river
2. splinter group

Korean

Hanja in this term
支	流

Noun

支流 • (jiryu) (hangeul 지류)

1. Hanja form^? of 지류 (“tributary”).