支流

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Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (支流)		支	流
simp. ^#(支流)		支	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīliú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-liû / ki-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihlióu
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-liu²
  - Yale: jr̄-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyliou
  - Palladius: чжилю (čžilju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    之流
    支流
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: jī làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    之流
    支流
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciliuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-liû
  - Tâi-lô: ki-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiliuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/

Noun

支流

(literally) tributary (river that flows into a larger river)
(figuratively) minor aspects

Synonyms

(tributary): 流派 (liúpài), (literary) 派 (pài)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “tributary”): 幹流／干流 (gànliú), 主流 (zhǔliú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	流
し Grade: 5	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

支(し)流(りゅう) • (shiryū)

tributary, feeder of a river
splinter group

Korean

Hanja in this term
支	流

Noun

支流 • (jiryu) (hangeul 지류)

Hanja form^? of 지류 (“tributary”).

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