主流

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (主流)		主	流
simp. #(主流)		主	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² lau⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔlióu
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-liu²
    • Yale: jǔ-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuliou
    • Palladius: чжулю (čžulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² lau⁴
    • Yale: jyú làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu² liu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú liû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ liu⁵⁵/

Noun

主流

1. main stream (of a river); trunk stream
2. (figurative) norm; mainstream

   主流經濟學／主流经济学  ―  zhǔliú jīngjìxué  ―  mainstream economics

3. essential part

Synonyms

• (main stream): 幹流／干流 (gànliú)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “main stream”): 支流 (zhīliú)

Derived terms

• 非主流 (fēizhǔliú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	流
しゅ Grade: 3	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

主(しゅ)流(りゅう) • (shuryū) 

1. the main current of a river etc.
2. the mainstream