| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 暗流 | àn liú | undercurrent | |
| 半流體 | 半流体 | bàn liú tǐ | semi-fluid |
| 北流 | Běi liú | (N) Beiliu (city in Guangxi) | |
| 奔流 | bēn liú | flow at great speed; pour; racing current | |
| 本格拉寒流 | Běn gé lā hán liú | Benguela Current | |
| 變流器 | 变流器 | biàn liú qì | converter |
| 標準作業流程 | 标准作业流程 | biāo zhǔn zuò yè liú chéng | standing operating procedure |
| 不穩定氣流 | 不稳定气流 | bù wěn dìng qì liú | turbulent |
| 才外流 | cái wài liú | brain drain | |
| 層流 | 层流 | céng liú | laminar flow |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current; trend | |
| 川流不息 | chuān liú bù xī | (saying) the stream flows without stopping; the flow of an endless stream | |
| 大氣環流 | 大气环流 | dà qì huán liú | atmospheric circulation |
| 代數流行 | 代数流行 | dài shù liú xíng | (math.) manifold |
| 滴流 | dī liú | trickle | |
| 第一流 | dì yī liú | first-class | |
| 電流 | 电流 | diàn liú | electric current |
| 對流 | 对流 | duì liú | convection |
| 對流層 | 对流层 | duì liú céng | troposphere; lower atmosphere |
| 對流層頂 | 对流层顶 | duì liú céng dǐng | tropopause; top of troposphere |
| 分流 | fēn liú | bypass | |
| 風流 | 风流 | fēng liú | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in life style; romantic; dissolute; loose |
| 付諸東流 | 付诸东流 | fù zhū dōng liú | wasted effort |
| 海峽交流基金會 | 海峡交流基金会 | hǎi xiá jiāo liú jī jīn huì | Taiwan Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) |
| 河流 | hé liú | river | |
| 洪流 | hóng liú | cataract | |
| 急流 | jí liú | torrent | |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | exchange; give-and-take; to exchange; to alternate | |
| 交流道 | jiāo liú dào | interchange | |
| 交流道 | jiāo liú dào | stack interchange | |
| 交流電 | 交流电 | jiāo liú diàn | alternating current |
| 徑流 | 径流 | jìng liú | runoff |
| 逕流 | 迳流 | jìng liú | runoff |
| 巨流 | jù liú | strong current | |
| 科學的交流 | 科学的交流 | kē xué de jiāo liú | scientific exchange |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move | |
| 流產 | 流产 | liú chǎn | miscarriage |
| 流暢 | 流畅 | liú chàng | flowing (of speech, writing); smooth and easy |
| 流程圖 | 流程图 | liú chéng tú | flow chart |
| 流出 | liú chū | (vi) disgorge; (vt) effuse | |
| 流傳 | 流传 | liú chuán | spread; circulate; hand down |
| 流動 | 流动 | liú dòng | flow |
| 流動負債 | 流动负债 | liú dòng fù zhài | current liability |
| 流動資產 | 流动资产 | liú dòng zī chǎn | current asset |
| 流放 | liú fàng | banishment; exile | |
| 流感 | liú gǎn | flu; influenza | |
| 流感病毒 | liú gǎn bìng dú | influenza virus; flu virus | |
| 流感疫苗 | liú gǎn yì miáo | flu shot; influenza vaccination | |
| 流汗 | liú hàn | (v) to sweat | |
| 流寇 | liú kòu | (n) roving bandits | |
| 流浪 | liú làng | (v) be a nomad; drift about; (v) wander; roam; be homeless; (adj) unsettled (e.g., population); vagrant | |
| 流浪漢 | 流浪汉 | liú làng hàn | tramp; wanderer |
| 流浪者 | liú làng zhě | rover; vagabond; vagrant; wanderer | |
| 流淚 | 流泪 | liú lèi | (vi) tear; cry |
| 流理台 | liú lǐ tái | (n) kitchen counter | |
| 流利 | liú lì | fluent | |
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate; rate (of flow) | |
| 流露 | liú lù | (v) express; reveal (one's thoughts or feelings) | |
| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 流氓罪 | liú máng zuì | the crime of hooliganism | |
| 流腦 | 流脑 | liú nǎo | epidemic encephalitis |
| 流派 | liú pài | school (of thought) | |
| 流入 | liú rù | flow into | |
| 流沙箋 | 流沙笺 | liú shā jiān | paper marbling |
| 流失 | liú shī | be drained away; to run off; to wash away | |
| 流水 | liú shuǐ | running water | |
| 流體 | 流体 | liú tǐ | fluid |
| 流體動力學 | 流体动力学 | liú tǐ dòng lì xué | fluid dynamics |
| 流體核試驗 | 流体核试验 | liú tǐ hé shì yàn | hydronuclear explosion (HNE) |
| 流體力學 | 流体力学 | liú tǐ lì xué | (n) fluidics; fluid mechanics |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate | |
| 流亡 | liú wáng | to (force into) exile | |
| 流亡在海外 | liú wáng zài hǎi wài | to be in exile overseas | |
| 流亡政府 | liú wáng zhèng fǔ | (n) government-in-exile | |
| 流線型 | 流线型 | liú xiàn xíng | (n) streamline |
| 流星 | liú xīng | meteor | |
| 流星體 | 流星体 | liú xīng tǐ | meteoroid |
| 流星雨 | liú xīng yǔ | meteor shower | |
| 流行 | liú xíng | to rage (of contagious disease); popular; fashionable; prevalent; (math.) manifold; pop music | |
| 流行病 | liú xíng bìng | epidemic disease | |
| 流行病學 | 流行病学 | liú xíng bìng xué | epidemiology |
| 流行歌曲 | liú xíng gē qǔ | pop music | |
| 流行性感冒 | liú xíng xìng gǎn mào | influenza | |
| 流行音樂 | 流行音乐 | liú xíng yīn yuè | popular music |
| 流行樂團 | 流行乐团 | liú xíng yuè tuán | band |
| 流血 | liú xuè | shed blood | |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin; valley; drainage area | |
| 輪流 | 轮流 | lún liú | alternate |
| 盲流 | máng liú | blind influx; country-to-city migrant without definite prospects | |
| 密度流 | mì dù liú | gravity current | |
| 名流 | míng liú | gentry; celebrities | |
| 內流盆地 | 内流盆地 | nèi liú pén dì | endorheic basin |
| 泥石流 | ní shí liú | mudslide | |
| 逆流 | nì liú | (n) reverse current; (n) something that goes against the flow | |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | carried by the current | |
| 平流層 | 平流层 | píng liú céng | stratosphere |
| 普雷克斯流程 | pǔ léi kè sī liú chéng | purex | |
| 氣流 | 气流 | qì liú | (n) air stream; airflow; (n) breath |
| 禽流感 | qín liú gǎn | bird flu | |
| 清流 | Qīng liú | (N) Qingliu (place in Fujian) | |
| 人才外流 | rén cái wài liú | brain drain | |
| 人工流產 | 人工流产 | rén gōng liú chǎn | abortion |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class | |
| 社會名流 | 社会名流 | shè huì míng liú | (n) socialite |
| 射流 | shè liú | jet (mathematics) | |
| 聖地亞哥流浪者體育俱樂部 | 圣地亚哥流浪者体育俱乐部 | Shèng dì yà gē liú làng zhě Tǐ yù Jù lè bù | Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers |
| 雙流 | 双流 | Shuāng liú | (N) Shuangliu (place in Sichuan) |
| 隨波逐流 | 随波逐流 | suí bō zhú liú | to go with the flow |
| 塔爾卡流浪者體育社會俱樂部 | 塔尔卡流浪者体育社会俱乐部 | Tǎ ěr kǎ liú làng zhě Tǐ yù Shè huì Jù lè bù | Club Social de Deportes Rangers de Talca |
| 唐卡斯特流浪足球俱樂部 | 唐卡斯特流浪足球俱乐部 | Táng kǎ sī tè liú làng Zú qiú Jù lè bù | Doncaster Rovers F.C. |
| 湍流 | tuān liú | turbulence | |
| 外流 | wài liú | outflow; to flow out; to drain | |
| 文化的交流 | wén huà de jiāo liú | cultural exchange | |
| 物流 | wù liú | distribution (business) | |
| 物流管理 | wù liú guǎn lǐ | logistics | |
| 溪流 | xī liú | stream | |
| 下流 | xià liú | (adj) low-class; vulgar | |
| 血流 | xuè liú | blood flow | |
| 洋流 | yáng liú | ocean current | |
| 一流 | yī liú | (n) front rank; top quality | |
| 銀流河 | 银流河 | Yín liú hé | Celebrant |
| 羽流 | yǔ liú | plume | |
| 源流 | yuán liú | (n) headstream | |
| 鎮流器 | 镇流器 | zhèn liú qì | electrical ballast |
| 支流 | zhī liú | (n) bayou; tributary | |
| 直流電 | 直流电 | zhí liú diàn | direct current |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | (n) main stream of a fluid; (n) main aspect of a matter |
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