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流 (lau4) — circulate; spread; pass down to in Cantonese

lauˎ₄流
Mandarin Pinyin: liu2

Meaning of 流

nouncirculate; spread; pass down to
noundrift; wander; move from place to place
nounclass; grade; rate; rank
noun(of liquid) flow; discharge
nouncurrent; water flow; river branch
nounfake; false; inferior | [antonym] 堅
noundegenerate; change for the worse
noun(slang) 1. fake; 2. inferior 3. Phoney

Example Sentences with 流

我流緊血
I am bleeding.
如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！
If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight!
正所謂"風水輪流轉"
As the saying goes, "the boot is on the other foot".
近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.
現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.
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Words Containing 流

流嘢lau4 je5
poor quality goods; lousy products
物流管理mat6 lau4 gun2 lei5
logistics
上流soeng6 lau4
upper class in society; upper reaches of a river
人工流產jan4 gung1 lau4 caan2
induced abortion; artificial miscarriage
流利程度lau4 lei6 cing4 dou6
fluency
交流電gaau1 lau4 din6
alternating current (AC)
流汗lau4 hon6
to perspire; to sweat
長流流coeng4 lau4 lau4
long, length
流星雨lau4 sing1 jyu5
meteor shower
意識流ji3 sik1 lau4
stream of consciousness
痛哭流涕tung1 huk1 lau4 tai3
to be cying bitterly with running snivel
不穩定氣流bat1 wan2 ding6 hei3 lau4
(air) turbulence

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