清流

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (清流)		清	流
simp. #(清流)		清	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinglióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-liu²
    • Yale: chīng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingliou
    • Palladius: цинлю (cinlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: chīng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/

Noun

清流

1. (literary, literally) clear stream
2. (literary, figuratively, historical) renowned scholars unwilling to associate with influential scholars

Proper noun

清流

1. (～縣) Qingliu (a county of Sanming, Fujian, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	流
せい Grade: 4	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸流 (kyūjitai)

Noun

清(せい)流(りゅう) • (seiryū) 

1. clear stream

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.