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Jyutping lau4
Pinyin liú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. surname Liu
  2. (classical) a type of battle-ax
  3. to kill
  4. to slaughter
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、專名

    a surname, usually transliterated as "Lau" or "Lao"
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    to wither
  2. character
    State of Liu during the Zhou dynasty
  3. character, obsolete
    to conquer
  4. character, obsolete
    a type of battle axe
  5. character
    a surname
    • 劉邦
      刘邦
      liú bāng
      Liu Bang (founding emperor of the Han Dynasty)
  6. character, obsolete
    to kill; to slaughter
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. surname
  2. kill, destroy
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    YKLN
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    HCLN
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #533
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    刘备和诸葛亮是一支无法战胜的队伍。
    劉備和諸葛亮是一支無法戰勝的隊伍。
    liú bèi hé zhū gě liàng shì yī zhī wú fǎ zhàn shèng de duì wǔ 。
    • Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.
  2. Mandarin
    中国社会科学院信息化研究中心副主任刘满强说:“信息传递能够带来巨大的附加值,中国信息发展的一个重要目标是让更多的农民从信息业发展中受益。”
    中國社會科學院信息化研究中心副主任劉滿強説:“信息傳遞能夠帶來巨大的附加值,中國信息發展的一個重要目標是讓更多的農民從信息業發展中受益。”
    zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn xìn xī huà yán jiū zhōng xīn fù zhǔ rèn liú mǎn qiáng shuō :“ xìn xī chuán dì néng gòu dài lái jù dà de fù jiā zhí , zhōng guó xìn xī fā zhǎn de yí gè zhòng yào mù biāo shì ràng gèng duō de nóng mín cóng xìn xī yè fā zhǎn zhōng shòu yì 。”
    • Liu Manqiang, deputy director of the Chinese Research Centre and College for Social Sciences and Information Technology, says "Information and communication technology has the potential for a huge increase in value; an important goal for the development of China's information technology is allowing more rural citizens to benefit from the information technology industry."
  3. Mandarin
    刘晓波是中国人。
    劉曉波是中國人。
    liú xiǎo bō shì zhōng guó rén 。
    • Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.
  4. Mandarin
    过年时,小刘的单位给每位员工发一袋面粉。
    過年時,小劉的單位给每位員工發一袋麵粉。
    guò nián shí , xiǎo liú de dān wèi gěi měi wèi yuán gōng fā yī dài miàn fěn 。
    • For the new year, Liu's company gives every employee a bag of flour.
  5. Mandarin
    我很想告诉给我理发的女士我不喜欢留刘海。
    我很想告訴給我理髮的女士我不喜歡留劉海。
    wǒ hěn xiǎng gào sù gěi wǒ lǐ fà de nǚ shì wǒ bù xǐ huan liú liú hǎi 。
    • I'd love to be able to tell the lady who cuts my hair that I don’t like bangs.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    刘备借荆州
    劉備借荊州
    lau4 bei2 ze3 ging1 zau1
    • an expression meaning "something borrowed is not going to be returned", literally "Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou"
  2. Cantonese
    刘老师上堂讲嘢好生动,个个都好专心听书。
    劉老師上堂講嘢好生動,個個都好專心聽書。
    lau4 lou5 si1 soeng5 tong4 gong2 je5 hou2 sang1 dung6, go3 go3 dou1 hou2 zyun1 sam1 teng1 syu1.
    • Miss Lau is very vivid in the class, everyone listens to her.
  3. Cantonese
    刘青云又拎咗今年影帝。
    劉青雲又拎咗今年影帝。
    lau4 cing1 wan4 jau6 ling1 zo2 gam1 nin2 jing2 dai3
    • Lau Ching Wan got the Best Actor Award again this year.
  4. Cantonese
    刘皇发年年都帮香港求签,成日都抽埋啲下下签。
    劉皇發年年都幫香港求籤,成日都抽埋啲下下籤。
    • Every year Lau Wong-fat would Kau Cim for HK. The results are never good.
  5. Cantonese
    主席,刘议员仲未返嚟,我想申请休会十五分钟。
    主席,劉議員仲未返嚟,我想申請休會十五分鐘。
    zyu2 zik6, lau4 ji5 jyun4 zung6 mei6 faan1 lai4, ngo5 soeng2 san1 cing2 jau1 wui2 sap6 ng5 fan1 zung1.
    • Chairman, since Councillor Lau hasn't arrived here yet, I request to adjourn the meeting for 15 minutes.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    刘邦
    劉邦
    liú bāng
    • Liu Bang (founding emperor of the Han Dynasty)
  2. Mandarin
    汉献帝刘协是汉光武帝刘秀的第八代玄孙
    漢獻帝劉協是漢光武帝劉秀的第八代玄孫
    hàn xiàn dì liú xié shì hàn guāng wǔ dì liú xiù de dì bā dài xuán sūn
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    袁绍当先赶来,不到五里,只听得山背后喊声大起,闪出一彪人马,为首三员大将,乃是刘玄德、关云长、张翼德。
    袁紹當先趕來,不到五里,只聽得山背後喊聲大起,閃出一彪人馬,為首三員大將,乃是劉玄德、關雲長、張翼德。
    yuán shào dāng xiān gǎn lái , bù dào wǔ lǐ , zhǐ tīng dé shān bèi hòu hǎn shēng dà qǐ , shǎn chū yī biāo rén mǎ , wèi shǒu sān yuán dà jiāng , nǎi shì liú xuán dé , guān yún cháng , zhāng yì dé .
    • Yuan Shao led the charge in pursuit of the enemy; he had not gone more than five li, when all one could hear was a roar of shouting voices from behind a hill. A group of men and horses came out of nowhere, with three generals in the lead. It was none other than Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide.
  4. Mandarin
    315是新组合的宿舍,一共六位姐妹。新学期刚开始,就明显地分成了两派:一派五个人,吴莎莎、谭芳、曾丽、刘思琦,还有我;另一派,就只有陆小璐一个人了。
    315是新組合的宿舍,一共六位姐妹。新學期剛開始,就明顯地分成了兩派:一派五個人,吳莎莎、譚芳、曾麗、劉思琦,還有我;另一派,就只有陸小璐一個人了。
    315 shì xīn zǔ hé de sù shè , yī gòng liù wèi jiě mèi . xīn xué qī gāng kāi shǐ , jiù míng xiǎn de fēn chéng le liǎng pài : yī pài wǔ ge rén , wú shā shā , tán fāng , zēng lì , liú sī qí , hái yǒu wǒ ; lìng yī pài , jiù zhǐ yǒu lù xiǎo lù yī ge rén le .
    • 315 was a newly-created dorm with six girls living in it. As soon as the semester started it was obvious that they had split up into two groups: one with five - Wu Shasha, Tan Fang, Zeng Li, Liu Siqi and me. The other group had only one person in it - her name was Lu Xiaoxu.
  5. Mandarin
    刘雨菲从小到大从来没见过杀人的场面,今天可是亲眼看到了,那么真切又那么简单,就像人放狠话的时候说的——白刀子进,红刀子出。
    劉雨菲從小到大從來沒見過殺人的場面,今天可是親眼看到了,那麼真切又那麼簡單,就像人放狠話的時候説的——白刀子進,紅刀子出。
    liú yǔ fēi cóng xiǎo dào dà cóng lái méi jiàn guò shā rén de chǎng miàn , jīn tiān kě shì qīn yǎn kàn dào le , nà me zhēn qiè yòu nà me jiǎn dān , jiù xiàng rén fàng hěn huà de shí hòu shuō de — bái dāo zi jìn , hóng dāo zi chū .
    • Liu Yufei had never seen a murder his whole life, until today when he saw it with his own eyes. It happened so vividly, and yet so simply, like the ruthless saying, "The knife goes in white and comes out red."