流水

流水

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-súi
• Min Nan (POJ): lâu-chúi / liû-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liúshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoei
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: làuh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² sui³
    • IPA: /li̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauzuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • 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/

Noun

流水

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

Derived terms

Derived terms from 流水

付之流水 付諸流水／付诸流水 令行如流水 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 流水作業／流水作业 流水對／流水对 流水席 (liúshuǐxí) 流水帳／流水帐 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 流水行雲／流水行云 流水賬／流水账 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)