主流

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (主流)		主	流
simp. ^#(主流)		主	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔliú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² lau⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy³ liu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chú-liû

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu² liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔlióu
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-liu²
  - Yale: jǔ-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuliou
  - Palladius: чжулю (čžulju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² lau⁴
  - Yale: jyú làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zy³ liu² [Phonetic: zy² liu²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cṳ̂-liú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁴⁵³⁻¹³ liu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zy³ liu² [Phonetic: zy¹ liu²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy³³²⁻⁵⁵ liu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwliuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zu² liu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú liû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ liu⁵⁵/

Noun

主流

main stream (of a river); trunk stream
(figurative) norm; mainstream
主流經濟學／主流经济学 ― zhǔliú jīngjìxué ― mainstream economics
essential part

Synonyms

(main stream): 幹流／干流 (gànliú)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “main stream”): 支流 (zhīliú)

Derived terms

非主流 (fēizhǔliú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	流
しゅ Grade: 3	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

主(しゅ)流(りゅう) • (shuryū)

the main current of a river etc.
the mainstream