支流

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支流

zhīliú Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄓㄌㄧㄡˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
zi¹ lau⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
chi-liû Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
ki-liû Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
zhīliú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄓㄌㄧㄡˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
jhihlióu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
chih¹-liu² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
jr̄-lyóu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
jyliou Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
чжилю Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
zi¹ lau⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
jī làuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
dzi¹ lau⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ji¹ leo⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/t͡siː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
chi-liû Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
tsi-liû Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
ciliuu Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ li̯u²⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/t͡si³³ li̯u²⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² li̯u¹³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

Sounds like 之流, 支流, 脂瘤

noun

流入干流的河流。
<比喻> 伴随主要事物而出现的次要事物。

In English

tributary stream which flows into a larger one
offshoot that which develops from something else

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {支流},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%94%AF%E6%B5%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}