"flow-forming" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn
单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
周转 週轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow syn
川流不息 chuān liú bù xī the stream flows without stopping (idiom) / unending flow
流泻 流瀉 liú xiè to flow / to flood syn
朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) syn
流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
流量 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data
流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn
流出 liú chū to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse
直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn
流入 liú rù to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow syn
成套 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another syn
流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn
分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn
游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang syn
成形 chéng xíng to take shape / shaping / forming syn
源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream syn
透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn
交汇 交彙 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation syn
客流 kè liú passenger flow / customer flow
血流 xuè liú blood flow syn
水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion
横流 橫流 héng liú to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow syn
回流 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
汇入 匯入 huì rù to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data)
截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate
倒流 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly syn
现金流量 現金流量 xiàn jīn liú liàng cash flow
流程图 流程圖 liú chéng tú flow chart
现金流 現金流 xiàn jīn liú cash flow
奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn
外流 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain
一气呵成 一氣呵成 yī qì hē chéng to do something at one go / to flow smoothly syn
翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
数据流 數據流 shù jù liú data stream / data flow
车流 車流 chē liú traffic / rate of traffic flow
秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
热流 熱流 rè liú heat flow / heat flux syn
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn
流速 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow
融通 róng tōng to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
涓涓 juān juān a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly syn
成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd syn
湍急 tuān jí rapid (flow of water) syn
现金流量表 現金流量表 xiàn jīn liú liàng biǎo cash flow statement
裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment
鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
连片 連片 lián piàn forming a continuous sheet / continuous / contiguous / closely grouped syn
细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
节流 節流 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn
血流量 xuè liú liàng blood flow
合流 hé liú to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
流量控制 liú liàng kòng zhì flow control
倾泄 傾洩 qīng xiè to cascade down / to flow in torrents / (fig.) outpouring (of emotions)
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
盲流 máng liú (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter syn
橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
层流 層流 céng liú laminar flow
倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn
浊流 濁流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends syn
方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn
喀斯特地貌 kā sī tè dì mào karst landform (weathered limestone, often forming caves)
形声 形聲 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn
辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
具体而微 具體而微 jù tǐ ér wēi miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm syn
紊流 wěn liú turbulent flow
lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn
xiè to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative syn
chán flow / trickle (of water)
承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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