HSK 6 · Society

潮流 cháoliú “trend” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 潮流 means

  1. trend
  2. tide
  3. current

How to say 潮流

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale潮cháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale流liú2nd tone, rising

潮流 in a sentence

  1. 今年的时尚潮流完全不同于去年。

    Jīnnián de shíshàng cháoliú wánquán bùtóng yú qùnián.

    This year’s fashions are completely different from last year’s.

    Sentence #1324897 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 跟上最近潮流时尚是件非常花钱的事儿。

    Gēnshàng zuìjìn cháoliú shíshàng shì jiàn fēicháng huāqián de shìr.

    Keeping up with the latest fashions is very expensive.

    Sentence #1235508 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她是潮流的奴隶。

    Tā shì cháoliú de núlì.

    She’s a slave to fashion.

    Sentence #10450772 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 潮流 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 潮 (cháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
潮cháotide
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 朝to face · cháoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 朝 (cháo) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháo.

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.

How to write 潮流

潮 15 strokes · 流 10 strokes

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

Words related to 潮流

Words with 潮

潮湿cháoshī · damp高潮gāocháo · climax

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

More words: Society & Law

表彰biǎozhāng · to commend剥削bōxuē · to exploit草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)惩罚chéngfá · to punish称号chēnghào · title成员chéngyuán · member冲突chōngtū · conflict

FAQs

潮流 (cháoliú) means “trend” or “tide”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cháoliú: cháo with a 2nd tone, then liú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 潮流 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaoliu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 潮流 from the suggestions. Typing chaoliu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
潮流 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.