河流 meaning in English

héliú

river

HSK 7-9noun18 strokes

Meaning of 河流

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

héliú
  1. river

Measure word: 條|条

河流 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

地dì图tú上shàng的de蓝lán线xiàn代dài表biǎo河hé流liú。
The blue lines on the map represent rivers.
世shì界jiè上shàng没méi有yǒu两liǎng条tiáo完wán全quán相xiāng同tóng的de河hé流liú。
No two rivers in the world are completely the same.
这zhè条tiáo路lù与yǔ河hé流liú平píng行xíng。
The road parallels the river.
那nà条tiáo河hé流liú很hěn长zhǎng。
That river is long.
密mì西xī西xī比bǐ河hé流liú经jīng哪nǎ个ge城chéng市shì?
Through which city does the Mississippi River pass?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

河 hé · river · 8 strokes

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 河流.

流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
一流yīliútop quality; front ranking
流动liúdòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流通liútōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
流感liúgǎnflu; influenza
主流zhǔliúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流血liúxuèto bleed; to shed blood
流氓liúmángrogue; hoodlum

Questions about 河流

What does 河流 mean?

河流 (héliú) means "river" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 河流?

河流 is made of 2 characters: 河 (8 strokes), 流 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 河流 an HSK word?

Yes. 河流 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.