清流

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (清流)		清	流
simp. ^#(清流)		清	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngliú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinglióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-liu²
  - Yale: chīng-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingliou
  - Palladius: цинлю (cinlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: chīng làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengliuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/

Noun

清流

(literary, literally) clear stream
(literary, figuratively, historical) renowned scholars unwilling to associate with influential scholars

Proper noun

清流

(～縣) Qingliu (a county of Sanming, Fujian, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	流
せい Grade: 4	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸流 (kyūjitai)

Noun

清(せい)流(りゅう) • (seiryū)

clear stream

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.