河流

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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 (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶wu-lieu

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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    合流
    河流
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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-liù
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ liuˇ
  - 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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-lieu
  - MiniDict: wu^去 lieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-lieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² liɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

河流

(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.
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.
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)

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