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溪流

溪流

Chinese

		creek	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
simp. and trad. (溪流)		溪	流

Noun

溪流

stream; brook; creek

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīliú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khoe-lâu / khe-lâu / khe-liû / khoe-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiliou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīliúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilioul
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ljɤʊɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: kāi làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ lau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: khue-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoelaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³ laʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ laʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² laʊ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: khe-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qelaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ laʊ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁴⁴⁻²² laʊ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe-liû
  - Tâi-lô: khe-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeliuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe-liû
  - Tâi-lô: khue-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoeliuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/