限流

Chinese

		limit; bound	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (限流)		限	流
simp. #(限流)		限	流

Etymology

Short for 限制流量 (xiànzhì liúliàng, “to restrict network traffic”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànlióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-liu²
    • Yale: syàn-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannliou
    • Palladius: сяньлю (sjanʹlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Verb

限流

1. (social media) to shadowban (to allow a user to continue contributing but invisible to other users)
2. (Internet) to conduct a rate limit