潮流
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
潮流 (cháoliú) · trend
潮流 (cháoliú) means “trend; tide; current”. It is written with 2 characters: 潮 (damp) + 流 (to flow). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 潮流 is built
The characters
潮 cháo · damp
What 潮 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 朝cháo — to face
- 龺gān — sunlight
- 十 — ten
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 龺gān — sunlight
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 朝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
流 liú · to flow
What 流 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 㐬liú — pennant
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 川chuān — stream
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 㐬 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
年轻人喜欢跟着潮流走。Niánqīngrén xǐhuan gēn zhe cháoliú zǒu.Young people like to follow trends.
这是今年的新潮流吗？Zhè shì jīnnián de xīn cháoliú ma?Is this this year's new trend?
Questions about 潮流
What does 潮流 mean?
潮流 (cháoliú) means “trend; tide; current”.
How do you pronounce 潮流?
潮流 is pronounced cháoliú.
Which HSK level is 潮流?
潮流 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 潮湿cháoshīdamp
- 高潮gāocháoclimax
- 潮cháodamp
- 流利liúlìfluent
- 流行liúxíngpopular
- 交流jiāoliúto communicate
- 流传liúchuánto spread
- 流泪liúlèito shed tears
- 轮流lúnliúto take turns
- 川流不息chuānliúbùxīnever-ending flow (of people, traffic)
Learn 潮流 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 80: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.