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自流

自流

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
simp. and trad. (自流)		自	流

Verb

自流

(of water) to flow automatically; to flow by itself
to take its natural course; to do as one pleases

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìliú

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chīr-liû / chū-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhliou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ lau⁴
  - Yale: jih làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ lau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-liû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxliuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ liu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liu¹³/