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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 流水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
流水 liú shuǐ - running water
- (business) turnover

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 10,916 11,040 7,774

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liú- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment

Other Words Containing 流水

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
流水 - 8 10,916 11,040 7,774
流水线 - - 26,676 26,762 34,286
行云流水 - - 35,392 38,100 28,061
小桥流水 - - 81,170 40,338 24,956