HSK 6 · Ideas

川流不息 chuānliúbùxī “flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 川流不息 means

  1. flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)
  2. the stream flows without stopping (idiom)
  3. unending flow

How to say 川流不息

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale川chuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale流liú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale息xī1st tone, high and level

川流不息 in a sentence

  1. 移民川流不息地进入这个国家。

    Yímín chuānliúbùxī de jìnrù zhè ge guójiā.

    Immigrants poured into the country in an endless stream.

    Sentence #9969185 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 川流不息 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 川 (chuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
川chuānriver
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 丨line · gǔn
  • 丨line · gǔn
The character 流 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
流liúto flow
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 㐬pennantSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 㐬 () hints at the sound. Compare it with liú.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 息 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
息xībreath
  • 自self · zì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 川流不息

川 3 strokes · 流 10 strokes · 不 4 strokes · 息 10 strokes

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川流不息 (chuānliúbùxī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 川流不息 (chuānliúbùxī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 川流不息

Words with 流

交流jiāoliú · to exchange流利liúlì · fluent流行liúxíng · popular流泪liúlèi · to shed tears流传liúchuán · to spread轮流lúnliú · to alternate流露liúlù · to reveal流浪liúlàng · to wander一流yìliú · first-class流通liútōng · to circulate

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 息

休息xiūxi · to rest消息xiāoxi · news信息xìnxī · information利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)作息zuòxī · work and rest出息chūxi · promise

More words: Ideas & Concepts

场合chǎnghé · occasion场面chǎngmiàn · scene成效chéngxiào · effect冲击chōngjī · impact处境chǔjìng · situation出路chūlù · way out出息chūxi · promise挫折cuòzhé · setback

FAQs

川流不息 (chuānliúbùxī) means “flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)” or “the stream flows without stopping (idiom)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuānliúbùxī: chuān with a 1st tone, then liú with a 2nd tone, then bù with a 4th tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 川流不息 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanliubuxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 川流不息 from the suggestions. Typing chuanliubuxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
川流不息 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.