HSK 4 · Adjectives

流行 liúxíng “popular” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 流行 means

  1. popular
  2. fashionable
  3. to spread (of a trend or illness)
  4. (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  5. to propagate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular

How to say 流行

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

流行 in a sentence

  1. 网球在学生中非常流行。

    Wǎngqiú zài xuésheng zhōng fēicháng liúxíng.

    Tennis is very popular among students.

    Sentence #415644 from Tatoeba

  2. 红色不流行了。

    Hóngsè bù liúxíng le.

    Red isn’t in fashion any more.

    Sentence #343963 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个说法一下子就流行开来了。

    Zhè ge shuōfǎ yíxiàzi jiù liúxíng kāilai le.

    This expression caught on almost overnight.

    Sentence #1424458 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 流行 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 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
  • 彳step · chì
  • 亍to take small steps · chù

Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

How to write 流行

流 10 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 流行

Words with 流

交流jiāoliú · to exchange流利liúlì · fluent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潮流cháoliú · trend

Words with 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do行李xíngli · luggage行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk自行车zìxíngchē · bike银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card行xíng · OK进行jìnxíng · to advance举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting旅行lǚxíng · to travel

More words: Adjectives

礼貌lǐmào · courtesy厉害lìhai · impressive凉快liángkuai · nice and cold流利liúlì · fluent乱luàn · in confusion or disorder马虎mǎhu · careless满mǎn · to fill美丽měilì · beautiful

FAQs

流行 (liúxíng) means “popular” or “fashionable”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it liúxíng: liú with a 2nd tone, then xíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 流行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liuxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 流行 from the suggestions. Typing liuxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
流行 is an HSK 4 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.