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
流水
liúshuǐ
running water; turnover; account transactions
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这家小店每天流水看似很高，扣除租金和人工后利润却有限。 Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn měitiān liúshuǐ kànshì hěn gāo, kòuchú zūjīn hé réngōng hòu lìrùn què yǒuxiàn. This little shop's daily takings look high, but after rent and labour costs are deducted, the profit is limited.
- 小溪的流水清清的，能看见水底的石头。 Xiǎoxī de liúshuǐ qīngqīng de, néng kànjiàn shuǐ dǐ de shítou. The water of the brook runs clear, and you can see the stones on the bottom.
- 银行要看你最近半年的流水，才能决定贷款。 Yínháng yào kàn nǐ zuìjìn bàn nián de liúshuǐ, cái néng juédìng dàikuǎn. The bank needs to see your account transactions for the last six months before deciding on the loan.
Related words
- 流 liú to flow
- 流利 liúlì fluent
- 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
- 流程 liúchéng process, flow
- 流量 liúliàng traffic, internet data, flow rate
- 流入 liúrù to flow into