流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
流利
liúlì
fluent
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他说得流利。 Tā shuō de liúlì. He speaks fluently.
- 她中文流利。 Tā Zhōngwén liúlì. Her Chinese is fluent.
- 他说话流利。 Tā shuōhuà liúlì. He speaks smoothly.
Related words
- 流 liú to flow
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 潮流 cháoliú trend
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 流动 liúdòng to flow; to move around
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 一流 yīliú first-class
- 顺利 shùnlì smooth; successful
- 利用 lìyòng to use; to take advantage of
- 胜利 shènglì victory
- 有利 yǒulì beneficial; favorable