下流

Chinese
 
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
simp. and trad.
(下流)		 下 流
anagram 流下

Pronunciation

Adjective

下流

  1. indecent; lewd; vulgar; obscene; dirty
    下流的笑話 / 下流的笑话  ―  xiàliú de xiàohuà  ―  a dirty joke
  2. inferior; low-class

Noun

下流

  1. lower reaches of a river
  2. (historical) plebeian; inferior rank

Derived terms
  • 下流社會／下流社会
  • 甘處下流／甘处下流

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (下流):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
下 流
か
Grade: 1		 りゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

下流 (hiragana かりゅう, rōmaji karyū)

  1. downstream
  2. lower classes

Antonyms

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
下流

Noun

下流

  1. Hán tự form of hạ lưu (“lower reaches; lower social classes”).
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