HSK 6 · Verbs

溜 liū “to slip away” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 溜 means

  1. to slip away
  2. to slide
  3. to glide
  4. to escape in stealth
  5. to skate

How to say 溜

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale溜liū1st tone, high and level

溜 in a sentence

  1. 他很小心地溜出房间，以免惊醒她。

    Tā hěn xiǎoxīn de liū chū fángjiān, yǐmiǎn jīngxǐng tā.

    He crept out of the room very carefully to avoid waking her up.

    Sentence #1577385 from Tatoeba

  2. 不要让机会溜走。

    Búyào ràng jīhuì liū zǒu.

    Don’t let the chance slip away.

    Sentence #8777527 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你会溜冰吗？

    Nǐ huì liūbīng ma?

    Can you skate?

    Sentence #332557 from Tatoeba

How 溜 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 溜 (liū) with each of its parts in a different colour
溜liūto slip away
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 留part of the characterSound part

How to write 溜

溜 13 strokes

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

Words related to 溜

More words: Common Verbs

晾liàng · to dry in the air or sun淋lín · to drench领先lǐngxiān · to lead力求lìqiú · to strive to流浪liúlàng · to wander留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento力争lìzhēng · to strive for立足lìzú · to gain a foothold

FAQs

溜 (liū) means “to slip away” or “to slide”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liū: liū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 溜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 溜 from the suggestions. Typing liu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
溜 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.