溜
liūliù HSK7

slide

溜 liū frequency
slip away verb
to leave secretly or stealthily to avoid being noticed

见形势不对，他一转身就溜了。

jiàn xíng​shì bù duì, tā yī zhuǎn​shēn jiù liū le.

Seeing that things weren't right, he turned around and slipped away.

skate verb
to glide or move smoothly on a surface, typically on skates

他在滑冰场上欢快地溜着。

tā zài huá​bīng chǎng​shàng huān​kuài de liū zhe.

He was skating happily across the ice rink.

溜 liù
current noun
a swift current or rapids in a body of water

顺着这道溜儿游下去很危险。

shùn​zhe zhè dào liù r yóu xià​qù hěn wēi​xiǎn.

It is dangerous to swim down along this current.

neighborhood adverb
the immediate surroundings or neighborhood

我就在这一溜儿住，离这不远。

wǒ jiù zài zhèi yī liù r zhù, lí zhèi bù yuǎn.

I live right along this stretch, not far from here.

plaster verb
to plaster or fill in cracks and gaps with cement or lime plaster

他在用石灰把砖缝溜平。

tā zài yòng shí​huī bǎ zhuān​fèng liù píng.

He is using lime to smooth over the joints between the bricks.

practice verb
to practice or go over a skill to maintain proficiency

咱们把这出戏再溜一遍吧。

zán​men bǎ zhè chū xì zài liù yī biàn ba.

Let's run through this play one more time.

proficient adjective
skilled, proficient, or quick in speech, actions, or movements

他的英语说得很溜。

tā de Yīng​yǔ shuō de hěn liù.

He speaks English very fluently.

roof runoff noun
rain runoff from a roof or a roof gutter

房檐下的溜儿在不住地滴水。

fáng​yán xià de liù r zài bù zhù de dī​shuǐ.

The water is dripping constantly from the eaves.

row measure word
a classifier used for rows, lines, or strings of things

马路边有一溜杨树。

mǎ​lù biān yǒu yī liù yáng​shù.

There is a row of poplar trees along the side of the road.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,923rd most common 41.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,600th most common 37.0 per million appears in 17% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.8 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
9.98 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6E9C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)