溜 meaning in English

liū

to slip away; to escape in stealth

HSK 7-9verb13 strokes

Meaning of 溜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liū
  1. to slip away
  2. to escape in stealth
  3. to skate
liù
  1. swift current; rapids
  2. (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
  3. (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
  4. (bound form) roof gutter
  5. classifier for rows, lines etc
  6. surroundings; neighborhood
  7. (dialect) to practice
  8. (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)

溜 in example sentences

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

下xià班bān时shí间jiān还hái没méi到dào,大dà家jiā就jiù想xiǎng溜liū走zǒu。
It still isn't time to leave work, and everyone wants to escape.
汤tāng姆mǔ偷tōu溜liū进jìn了le派pài对duì。
Tom snuck into the party.
我wǒ在zài骑qí自zì行xíng车chē溜liū达dá。
I'm out riding my bike.
我wǒ免miǎn费fèi得dé到dào溜liū冰bīng鞋xié。
I got the roller skates for nothing.
别bié忘wàng了le拿ná溜liū冰bīng鞋xié。
Don't forget your ice skates.

Stroke order for each character

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溜 liū · to slip away · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 溜.

溜达liūdato stroll; to go for a walk
随大溜suí dàliùto follow the crowd; going with the tide
溜走liūzǒuto slip away; to leave secretly
溜冰liūbīngice skating; (slang) to do meth
开溜kāiliūto leave in stealth; to slip away
溜冰鞋liūbīngxiéskating shoes; ice skates

Questions about 溜

What does 溜 mean?

溜 (liū) means "to slip away; to escape in stealth" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 溜?

溜 is made of 1 character: 溜 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 溜 an HSK word?

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