tributary; effluent (n.)
HSK 6
Traditional
支流 (unaltered)
Radicals
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Phonetically similar words
滞留 zhì liú - be detained; be held up (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
长江有许多支流，其中汉江是最大的一条。 Cháng Jiāng yǒu xǔduō zhīliú, qízhōng Hàn Jiāng shì zuìdà de yī tiáo. - The Yangtze River has many tributaries, with the Han River being the largest.
黄河的主要支流包括渭河和汾河。 Huáng Hé de zhǔyào zhīliú bāokuò Wèi Hé hé Fén Hé. - The main tributaries of the Yellow River include the Wei River and the Fen River.
这条小河是湘江的一个支流。 Zhè tiáo xiǎohé shì Xiāng Jiāng de yīgè zhīliú. - This small river is a tributary of the Xiang River.
研究者们考察了亚马逊河的多个支流。 Yánjiū zhěmen kǎochále Yàmǎxùn Hé de duō gè zhīliú. - Researchers studied several tributaries of the Amazon River.
这条支流流经了几个村庄。 Zhè tiáo zhīliú liújīngle jǐ gè cūnzhuāng. - This tributary flows through several villages.
Characters
支 zhī - branch; the twelve Earthly Branches | HSK 5
流 liú - (of liquid) flow |