流 lau⁴ {liú}

(slang) 1. fake; 2. inferior 3. Phoney

流 lau⁴ {liú}

1. to flow
2. to disseminate
3. to circulate or spread
4. to move or drift
5. to degenerate
6. to banish or send into exile
7. stream of water or sth resembling one
8. class, rate or grade

流行 lau⁴ hang⁴ {liú xíng}

(noun) 1. trend; (adjective) trendy

流血 lau⁴ hyut³ {liú xuè}

to spend a lot of money

流嘢 lau⁴ je⁵ {liú yě}

counterfeit / fake stuff; poor quality goods

流野 lau⁴ je⁵ {liú yě}

poor quality products

流流 lau⁴ lau⁴ {liú liú}

during (spoken)

流料 lau⁴ liu² {liú liào}

an unreliable or fake source(s) [normally internal/secretive information]

流浪 lau⁴ long⁶ {liúlàng}

(adjective) (of animal) Stray

流弊 lau⁴ bai⁶ {liú bì}

1. malpractice
2. long-running abuse

流變〔-变〕 lau⁴ bin³ {liú biàn}

1. to flow and change
2. development and change (of society)

流別〔-别〕 lau⁴ bit⁶ {liú bié}

1. tributary
2. branch of river

流播 lau⁴ bo³ {liú bō}

1. to circulate
2. to hand around

流佈〔-布〕 lau⁴ bou³ {liú bù}

1. to spread
2. to circulate
3. to disseminate

流輩〔-辈〕 lau⁴ bui³ {liú bèi}

1. a contemporary
2. similar class of people

流產〔-产〕 lau⁴ caan² {liú chǎn}

1. to have a miscarriage
2. miscarriage
3. to fail
4. to fall through

流出 lau⁴ ceot¹ {liú chū}

1. to flow out
2. to disgorge
3. to effuse

流程 lau⁴ cing⁴ {liú chéng}

1. course
2. stream
3. sequence of processes
4. work flow in manufacturing

流暢〔-畅〕 lau⁴ coeng³ {liú chàng}

1. flowing (of speech, writing)
2. fluent
3. smooth and easy

流速 lau⁴ cuk¹ {liú sù}

1. flow speed
2. rate of flow

流竄〔-窜〕 lau⁴ cyun³ {liú cuàn}

1. to flee in all directions
2. to scatter and run away

流傳〔-传〕 lau⁴ cyun⁴ {liú chuán}

1. to spread
2. to circulate
3. to hand down

流彈〔-弹〕 lau⁴ daan² {liú dàn}

stray bullet

流蕩〔-荡〕 lau⁴ dong⁶ {liú dàng}

1. to float
2. to tramp
3. to rove

流毒 lau⁴ duk⁶ {liú dú}

1. to spread poison
2. pernicious influence

流動〔-动〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ {liú dòng}

1. to flow
2. to circulate
3. to go from place to place
4. to be mobile
5. (of assets) liquid

流芳 lau⁴ fong¹ {liú fāng}

to leave a good reputation

流放 lau⁴ fong³ {liú fàng}

1. banishment
2. exile

流感 lau⁴ gam² {liú gǎn}

1. flu
2. influenza

流居 lau⁴ geoi¹ {liú jū}

to live in exile

流乾〔-干〕 lau⁴ gon¹ {liú gān}

1. to drain
2. to run dry

流行 lau⁴ hang⁴ {liú xíng}

1. to spread
2. to rage (of contagious disease)
3. popular
4. fashionable
5. prevalent
6. (math.) manifold

流汗 lau⁴ hon⁶ {liú hàn}

to sweat

流血 lau⁴ hyut³ {liú xuè}

1. to bleed
2. to shed blood

流入 lau⁴ jap⁶ {liú rù}

1. to flow into
2. to drift into
3. influx
4. inflow

流泆 lau⁴ jat⁶ {liú yì}

1. to indulge
2. licentious

流言 lau⁴ jin⁴ {liú yán}

1. rumor
2. gossip
3. to spread rumors

流刑 lau⁴ jing⁴ {liú xíng}

exile (as form of punishment)

流形 lau⁴ jing⁴ {liú xíng}

manifold (math.)

流螢〔-萤〕 lau⁴ jing⁴ {liú yíng}

firefly

流冗 lau⁴ jung² {liú rǒng}

the unemployed workforce

流於〔-于〕 lau⁴ jyu¹ {liú yú}

to change (for the worse)

流寇 lau⁴ kau³ {liú kòu}

1. roving bandit
2. rebel band

流覽〔-览〕 lau⁴ laam⁵ {liú lǎn}

1. to skim
2. to browse

流麗〔-丽〕 lau⁴ lai⁶ {liú lì}

1. smooth and ornate
2. flowing (style etc)

流離〔-离〕 lau⁴ lei⁴ {liú lí}

1. homeless and miserable
2. forced to leave home and wander from place to place
3. to live as a refugee

流利 lau⁴ lei⁶ {liú lì}

fluent

流淚〔-泪〕 lau⁴ leoi⁶ {liú lèi}

to shed tears

流連〔-连〕 lau⁴ lin⁴ {liú lián}

1. to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)
2. to linger on

流量 lau⁴ loeng⁶ {liú liàng}

1. flow rate
2. rate
3. throughput
4. site traffic (Internet)

流落 lau⁴ lok⁶ {liú luò}

1. to wander about destitute
2. to be stranded

流浪 lau⁴ long⁶ {liú làng}

1. to drift about
2. to wander
3. to roam
4. nomadic
5. homeless
6. unsettled (e.g. population)
7. vagrant

流露 lau⁴ lou⁶ {liú lù}

1. to express
2. to reveal (one's thoughts or feelings)

流民 lau⁴ man⁴ {liú mín}

refugee

流氓 lau⁴ man⁴ {liú máng}

1. rogue
2. hoodlum
3. gangster
4. immoral behavior

流眄 lau⁴ min⁵ {liú miǎn}

1. to ogle
2. to glance in a shifty manner

流明 lau⁴ ming⁴ {liú míng}

lumen (unit of light flux)

流亡 lau⁴ mong⁴ {liú wáng}

1. to force into exile
2. to be exiled
3. in exile

流網〔-网〕 lau⁴ mong⁵ {liú wǎng}

drift net (fishing)

流目 lau⁴ muk⁶ {liú mù}

to let one's eyes rove

流年 lau⁴ nin⁴ {liú nián}

1. fleeting time
2. horoscope for the year

流腦〔-脑〕 lau⁴ nou⁵ {liú nǎo}

epidemic encephalitis

流膿〔-脓〕 lau⁴ nung⁴ {liú nóng}

festering boil

流派 lau⁴ paai³ {liú pài}

1. tributary (stream)
2. (fig.) school (of thought)
3. genre
4. style

流沙 lau⁴ saa¹ {liú shā}

quicksand

流逝 lau⁴ sai⁶ {liú shì}

1. (of time) to pass
2. to elapse

流失 lau⁴ sat¹ {liú shī}

1. drainage
2. to run off
3. to wash away

流瀉〔-泻〕 lau⁴ se³ {liú xiè}

1. to flow
2. to flood

流水 lau⁴ seoi² {liú shuǐ}

running water

流星 lau⁴ sing¹ {liú xīng}

1. meteor
2. shooting star

流蘇〔-苏〕 lau⁴ sou¹ {liú sū}

tassels

流體〔-体〕 lau⁴ tai² {liú tǐ}

fluid

流淌 lau⁴ tong² {liú tǎng}

to flow

流通 lau⁴ tung¹ {liú tōng}

1. to circulate
2. to distribute
3. circulation
4. distribution

流韻〔-韵〕 lau⁴ wan⁵ {liú yùn}

1. musical sound
2. flowing rhythm (of poetry)
3. cadence

流域 lau⁴ wik⁶ {liú yù}

1. river basin
2. valley
3. drainage area

流轉〔-转〕 lau⁴ zyun³ {liú zhuǎn}

1. to be on the move
2. to roam or wander
3. to circulate (of goods or capital)

流鼻水 lau⁴ bei⁶ seoi² {liú bí shuǐ}

nose watering

流花路 lau⁴ faa³ lou⁶ {liú huā lù}

Liuhua Lu, the name of a road in Guangdong, China

流浮山 lau⁴ fau⁴ saan¹ {liú fú shān}

Lau Fau Shan, a region in Hong Kong

流行榜 lau⁴ hang⁴ bong² {liú xíng bǎng}

the charts

流行曲 lau⁴ hang⁴ kuk¹ {liú xíng qǔ}

pop music

流口水 lau⁴ hau² seoi² {liú kǒu shuǐ}

(verb) drooling; slobbering (figurative meaning); tasty; yummy; inferior (quality); poor results (usually referring to academic performance)

流馬尿〔-马-〕 lau⁴ maa⁵ niu⁶ {liú mǎ niào}

crying

流沙包 lau⁴ saa¹ baau¹ {liú shā bāo}

an egg custard bun with a runny centre

流水線〔--线〕 lau⁴ seoi² sin³ {liú shuǐ xiàn}

an assembly line; a pipeline

流鼻血 lau⁴ bei⁶ hyut³ {liú bí xiě}

1. to bleed from the nose
2. (fig.) to be sexually aroused

流鼻涕 lau⁴ bei⁶ tai³ {liú bí tì}

to run at the nose

流變學〔-变学〕 lau⁴ bin³ hok⁶ {liú biàn xué}

rheology

流程表 lau⁴ cing⁴ biu² {liú chéng biǎo}

flow chart

流程圖〔--图〕 lau⁴ cing⁴ tou⁴ {liú chéng tú}

flow chart

流竄犯〔-窜-〕 lau⁴ cyun³ faan² {liú cuàn fàn}

criminal that commits crimes here and there and escapes thereafter

流動性〔-动-〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ sing³ {liú dòng xìng}

1. flowing
2. shifting
3. fluidity
4. mobility
5. liquidity (of funds)

流行病 lau⁴ hang⁴ beng⁶ {liú xíng bìng}

epidemic disease

流行語〔--语〕 lau⁴ hang⁴ jyu⁵ {liú xíng yǔ}

1. popular jargon
2. catchword

流行性 lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³ {liú xíng xìng}

epidemic

流行株 lau⁴ hang⁴ zyu¹ {liú xíng zhū}

epidemic strain

流理台 lau⁴ lei⁵ toi⁴ {liú lǐ tái}

1. kitchen counter
2. drainer

流量計〔--计〕 lau⁴ loeng⁶ gai³ {liú liàng jì}

flowmeter

流浪狗 lau⁴ long⁶ gau² {liú làng gǒu}

stray dog

流浪漢〔--汉〕 lau⁴ long⁶ hon³ {liú làng hàn}

1. tramp
2. wanderer

流浪兒〔--儿〕 lau⁴ long⁶ ji⁴ {liú làng ér}

1. street urchin
2. waif

流浪者 lau⁴ long⁶ ze² {liú làng zhě}

1. rover
2. vagabond
3. vagrant
4. wanderer

流露出 lau⁴ lou⁶ ceot¹ {liú lù chū}

1. to display (talent)
2. to exude (pleasure)

流紋岩〔-纹-〕 lau⁴ man⁴ ngaam⁴ {liú wén yán}

rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)

流氓罪 lau⁴ man⁴ zeoi⁶ {liú máng zuì}

the crime of hooliganism

流水席 lau⁴ seoi² zik⁶ {liú shuǐ xí}

banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive

流水賬〔--账〕 lau⁴ seoi² zoeng³ {liú shuǐ zhàng}

1. day-to-day account
2. current account

流線型〔-线-〕 lau⁴ sin³ jing⁴ {liú xiàn xíng}

streamline

流星雨 lau⁴ sing¹ jyu⁵ {liú xīng yǔ}

meteor shower

流星體〔--体〕 lau⁴ sing¹ tai² {liú xīng tǐ}

meteoroid

流蘇鷸〔-苏鹬〕 lau⁴ sou¹ wat⁶ {liú sū yù}

(Chinese bird species) ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

流動電話〔-动电话〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ din⁶ waa² {liú dòng diàn huà}

a mobile phone

流離朗蕩〔-离-荡〕 lau⁴ lei⁴ long⁵ dong⁶ {liú lí lǎng dàng}

to wander around aimlessly; to be displaced; destitiute and homeless

流變能力〔-变--〕 lau⁴ bin³ nang⁴ lik⁶ {liú biàn néng lì}

rheology

流宕忘反 lau⁴ dong⁶ mong⁴ faan² {liú dàng wàng fǎn}

to stray and forget to return

流動負債〔-动负债〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ fu⁶ zaai³ {liú dòng fù zhài}

current liability

流動人口〔-动--〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ jan⁴ hau² {liú dòng rén kǒu}

1. transient population
2. floating population

流動兒童〔-动儿-〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ ji⁴ tung⁴ {liú dòng ér tóng}

children of migrants

流動資產〔-动资产〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ zi¹ caan² {liú dòng zī chǎn}

current asset

流動資金〔-动资-〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ zi¹ gam¹ {liú dòng zī jīn}

1. money in circulation
2. fluid funds

流芳百世 lau⁴ fong¹ baak³ sai³ {liú fāng bǎi shì}

1. (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom)
2. to leave a mark for generations to come

流感病毒 lau⁴ gam² beng⁶ duk⁶ {liú gǎn bìng dú}

1. influenza virus
2. flu virus

流感疫苗 lau⁴ gam² jik⁶ miu⁴ {liú gǎn yì miáo}

1. flu shot
2. influenza vaccination

流光溢彩 lau⁴ gwong¹ jat⁶ coi² {liú guāng yì cǎi}

1. lit. flowing light and overflowing color
2. brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)

流行病學〔---学〕 lau⁴ hang⁴ beng⁶ hok⁶ {liú xíng bìng xué}

epidemiology

流行音樂〔---乐〕 lau⁴ hang⁴ jam¹ ngok⁶ {liú xíng yīn yuè}

popular music

流言蜚語〔---语〕 lau⁴ jin⁴ fei¹ jyu⁵ {liú yán fēi yǔ}

1. rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip
2. lies and slanders

流於形式〔-于--〕 lau⁴ jyu¹ jing⁴ sik¹ {liú yú xíng shì}

to become a mere formality

流球群島〔---岛〕 lau⁴ kau⁴ kwan⁴ dou² {Liú qiú Qún dǎo}

the Ryukyu or Luchu islands (incl. Okinawa)

流離顛沛〔-离颠-〕 lau⁴ lei⁴ din¹ pui³ {liú lí diān pèi}

destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means

流離遇合〔-离--〕 lau⁴ lei⁴ jyu⁶ hap⁶ {liú lí yù hé}

to reunite after being homeless refugees

流離失所〔-离--〕 lau⁴ lei⁴ sat¹ so² {liú lí shī suǒ}

1. destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about
2. displaced

流裡流氣〔-里-气〕 lau⁴ leoi⁵ lau⁴ hei³ {liú li liú qì}

1. hooliganism
2. rowdyism

流連忘返〔-连--〕 lau⁴ lin⁴ mong⁴ faan² {liú lián wàng fǎn}

1. to linger
2. to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home

流落他鄉〔---乡〕 lau⁴ lok⁶ taa¹ hoeng¹ {liú luò tā xiāng}

to wander far from home

流氓國家〔--国-〕 lau⁴ man⁴ gwok³ gaa¹ {liú máng guó jiā}

rogue state

流氓軟件〔--软-〕 lau⁴ man⁴ jyun⁵ gin² {liú máng ruǎn jiàn}

malware (computing)

流氓集團〔---团〕 lau⁴ man⁴ zaap⁶ tyun⁴ {liú máng jí tuán}

gang of hoodlums

流亡政府 lau⁴ mong⁴ zing³ fu² {liú wáng zhèng fǔ}

government in exile (e.g. of Tibet)

流年不利 lau⁴ nin⁴ bat¹ lei⁶ {liú nián bù lì}

the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year

流水不腐 lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶ {liú shuǐ bù fǔ}

flowing water does not rot

流星趕月〔--赶-〕 lau⁴ sing¹ gon² jyut⁶ {liú xīng gǎn yuè}

1. lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
2. swift action (idiom)

流體力學〔-体-学〕 lau⁴ tai² lik⁶ hok⁶ {liú tǐ lì xué}

1. fluid mechanics
2. hydrodynamics

流行性感冒 lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³ gam² mou⁶ {liú xíng xìng gǎn mào}

influenza

流氓無產者〔--无产-〕 lau⁴ man⁴ mou⁴ caan² ze² {liú máng wú chǎn zhě}

lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)

流體動力學〔-体动-学〕 lau⁴ tai² dung⁶ lik⁶ hok⁶ {liú tǐ dòng lì xué}

fluid dynamics

流體核試驗〔-体-试验〕 lau⁴ tai² hat⁶ si³ jim⁶ {liú tǐ hé shì yàn}

hydronuclear explosion (HNE)

流動性大沙漠〔-动----〕 lau⁴ dung⁶ sing³ daai⁶ saa¹ mok⁶ {liú dòng xìng dà shā mò}

shifting sand dunes

流行急性結膜炎〔----结--〕 lau⁴ hang⁴ gap¹ sing³ git³ mok⁶ jim⁴ {liú xíng jí xìng jié mó yán}

epidemic acute conjunctivitis

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹〔-----户枢--〕 lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³ {liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù}

1. Flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
2. constant activity prevents decay