自流

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (自流)		自	流
simp. #(自流)		自	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-liû / chū-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhlióu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-liu²
    • Yale: dz̀-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhliou
    • Palladius: цзылю (czylju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: jih làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-liû
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ liu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/

Verb

自流

1. (of water) to flow automatically; to flow by itself
2. (figurative) to take its natural course; to do as one pleases

Derived terms

• 大自流盆地 (Dà Zìliú Péndì)
• 放任自流
• 自流井 (zìliújǐng)