流水

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	water; river
trad. (流水)		流	水
simp. #(流水)		流	水
anagram		水流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-súi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâu-chúi / liû-súi / lâu-súi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shui³
    • Yale: lyóu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoei
    • Palladius: люшуй (ljušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: làuh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-súi
    • Tâi-lô: liû-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-súi
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lausuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/

Noun

流水

1. flowing water
2. (figurative) something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water
3. (figurative, business) turnover

Synonyms

• (turnover): 營業額／营业额 (yíngyè'é)

Derived terms

• 付之流水
• 令行如流水
• 付諸流水／付诸流水
• 打了個落花流水／打了个落花流水
• 放流水標準／放流水标准
• 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹／流水不腐，户枢不蠹 (liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbùdù)
• 流水作業／流水作业
• 流水對／流水对
• 流水席 (liúshuǐxí)
• 流水帳／流水帐 (liúshuǐzhàng)
• 流水序
• 流水板
• 流水無情／流水无情
• 流水簿子 (liúshuǐ bùzi)
• 流水線／流水线 (liúshuǐxiàn)
• 流水腰
• 流水落花
• 流水號／流水号 (liúshuǐhào)
• 流水行雲／流水行云 (liúshuǐxíngyún)
• 流水賬／流水账 (liúshuǐzhàng)
• 流水高山
• 滑流水
• 落花有意，流水無情／落花有意，流水无情 (luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng)
• 落花流水 (luòhuāliúshuǐ)
• 行雲流水／行云流水 (xíngyúnliúshuǐ)
• 西皮流水
• 車如流水馬如龍／车如流水马如龙
• 高山流水 (gāoshānliúshuǐ)

 

Proper noun

流水

1. (～鎮) Liushui (a town in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Liushui (a town in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)