河流

Chinese

		river	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (河流)		河	流
simp. #(河流)		河	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ lau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-liù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô-liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ liu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-lieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hélióu
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-liu²
    • Yale: hé-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herliou
    • Palladius: хэлю (xɛlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: hòh làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ liu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-liû
    • Tâi-lô: hô-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ liu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ liu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô liû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-lieu
    • MiniDict: wu^去 lieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-lieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² liɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

河流

1. (collective) river (Classifier: 條／条 m)

   泰晤士河是英國第二長的河流。 [MSC, trad.]
   泰晤士河是英国第二长的河流。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tàiwùshì Hé shì Yīngguó dì'èr cháng de héliú. [Pinyin]

   The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.

   河流已經乾涸了。 [MSC, trad.]
   河流已经干涸了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Héliú yǐjīng gānhé le. [Pinyin]

   The river has dried up.

Related terms

• 山川 (shānchuān)
• 山嶽／山岳 (shānyuè)

See also

• 川 (chuān)
• 河 (hé)
• 江 (jiāng)
• 水流 (shuǐliú)
• 溪流 (xīliú)
• 小河 (xiǎohé)