| 电流 | diàn liú | electric current |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade |
| 流动 | liú dòng | to flow; to circulate; to go from place to place; to be mobile; (of assets) liquid |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | exchange; give-and-take; to exchange; to alternate; communication; alternating current (electricity) |
| 气流 | qì liú | stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft) |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate; rate; throughput; site traffic (Internet) |
| 河流 | hé liú | river; CL:条 |
| 水流 | shuǐ liú | river; stream |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin; valley; drainage area |
| 直流电 | zhí liú diàn | direct current |
| 流行 | liú xíng | to spread; to rage (of contagious disease); popular; fashionable; prevalent; (math.) manifold |
| 流速 | liú sù | flow speed; rate of flow |
| 直流 | zhí liú | to flow directly; direct current (D.C.) |
| 整流 | zhěng liú | to rectify (alternating current to direct current) |
| 流传 | liú chuán | to spread; to circulate; to hand down |
| 流水 | liú shuǐ | running water |
| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior |
| 流毒 | liú dú | to spread poison; pernicious influence |
| 对流 | duì liú | convection |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current; trend |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 流体 | liú tǐ | fluid |
| 电流表 | diàn liú biǎo | ammeter |
| 轮流 | lún liú | to alternate; to take turns |
| 整流器 | zhěng liú qì | rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) |
| 中流 | zhōng liú | midstream |
| 流程 | liú chéng | course; stream; sequence of processes; work flow in manufacturing |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter |
| 流亡 | liú wáng | to force into exile; to be exiled; in exile |
| 支流 | zhī liú | tributary (river) |
| 流派 | liú pài | school (of thought) |
| 逆流 | nì liú | against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend |
| 流失 | liú shī | drainage; to run off; to wash away |
| 外流 | wài liú | outflow; to flow out; to drain |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class |
| 流产 | liú chǎn | to have a miscarriage; miscarriage; to fail; to fall through |
| 流露 | liú lù | to express; to reveal (one's thoughts or feelings) |
| 寒流 | hán liú | cold stream |
| 风流 | fēng liú | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in life style; romantic; dissolute; loose |
| 人流 | rén liú | a stream of people; an abortion; abbr. of 人工流产手术 |
| 湍流 | tuān liú | turbulence |
| 下流 | xià liú | lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant |
| 径流 | jìng liú | runoff |
| 洪流 | hóng liú | a powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) |
| 急流 | jí liú | torrent |
| 暖流 | nuǎn liú | warm current |
| 流民 | liú mín | refugee |
| 第一流 | dì yī liú | first-class |