HSK 5 · Body

流泪 liúlèi “to shed tears” in Chinese

Traditional 流淚

What 流泪 means

  1. to shed tears

How to say 流泪

  • 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泪lèi4th tone, falling

流泪 in a sentence

  1. 她流泪了。

    Tā liúlèi le.

    She shed tears.

    Sentence #10700112 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 她流泪看着信。

    Tā liúlèi kàn zhe xìn.

    She read the letter in tears.

    Sentence #336910 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 流泪 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 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 泪 (lèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
泪lèitears; teardrops
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 目eye · mù

How to write 流泪

流 10 strokes · 泪 8 strokes

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

Words related to 流泪

Words with 流

交流jiāoliú · to exchange流利liúlì · fluent流行liúxíng · popular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潮流cháoliú · trend

Words with 泪

热泪盈眶rèlèiyíngkuàng · eyes brimming with tears

More words: People, Body & Health

肌肉jīròu · muscle肩膀jiānbǎng · shoulder精力jīnglì · energy急诊jízhěn · emergency treatment眉毛méimao · eyebrow脑袋nǎodai · head内科nèikē · internal medicine疲劳píláo · tired

FAQs

流泪 (liúlèi) means “to shed tears”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it liúlèi: liú with a 2nd tone, then lèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 流泪 is written 流淚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liulei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 流泪 from the suggestions. Typing liulei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
流泪 is an HSK 5 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.