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六

liù

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

六 (liù) means "six". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 六 means

1. six
2. 6

Other readings

六 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lùused in place names

Example sentences

• 我六英尺高。
  Wǒ liù yīngchǐ gāo.
  I am six feet tall.
• 他年近六十。
  Tā nián jìn liùshí.
  He is close to sixty.
• 快要六点了。
  It's almost six o'clock.
• 六点半开始。
  It begins at six-thirty.
• 六点您行吗？
  Will six o'clock suit you?
• 他们差六岁。
  The difference in their ages is six years.

Words starting with 六

• 六十liù shísixty; 60
• 六四Liù Sìrefers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
• 六月Liù yuèJune; sixth month (of the lunar year)
• 六合liù héthe six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe
• 六朝Liù CháoSix Dynasties (220-589)
• 六神无主liù shén wú zhǔout of one's wits (idiom); distracted; stunned
• 六月份liù yuè fènJune
• 六旬liù xún60 years; one's sixties; 60 days
• 六价liù jiàhexavalent
• 六宫liù gōngempress and imperial concubines or their residence
• 六家liù jiāSix schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司马谈
• 六库Liù kùLiuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in Yunnan
• 六方liù fānghexagonal
• 六书liù shūSix Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 -…
• 六淫liù yín(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 风
• 六甲Liù jiǎ(place name)
• 六畜liù chùsix domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
• 六神liù shénthe six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心
• 六经Liù jīngSix Classics, namely: Book of Songs 诗经
• 六腑liù fǔ(TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 胆
• 六艺Liù Yìthe Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 礼; another name for the Six Classics 六经
• 六亲liù qīnsix close relatives, namely: father 父; one's kin
• 六角liù jiǎohexagon
• 六邪liù xié(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 风

Words containing 六

• 星期六Xīng qī liùSaturday
• 十六shí liùsixteen; 16
• 周六Zhōu liùSaturday
• 五颜六色wǔ yán liù sèmulticolored; every color under the sun
• 礼拜六Lǐ bài liùSaturday
• 五脏六腑wǔ zàng liù fǔfive viscera and six bowels (TCM)
• 七情六欲qī qíng liù yù(idiom) various emotions and desires
• 马六甲Mǎ liù jiǎMalacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
• 斗六Dǒu liùDouliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 云林县
• 八八六bā bā liùBye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
• 十六国Shí liù guóSixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六国
• 土卫六Tǔ wèi LiùTitan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
• 斗六市Dǒu liù shìDouliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 云林县
• 第六感dì liù gǎnsixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
• 三十六计sān shí liù jìThe Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used…
• 三姑六婆sān gū liù pówomen with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
• 三茶六饭sān chá liù fànlit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes…
• 三亲六故sān qīn liù gùold friends and relatives
• 三头六臂sān tóu liù bì(lit.) (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); (fig.) superhuman abilities…
• 九声六调jiǔ shēng liù diàonine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
• 人五人六rén wǔ rén liù(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical…
• 十六位元shí liù wèi yuán16-bit (computing)
• 十六字诀shí liù zì jué16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare:…
• 十六烷值shí liù wán zhícetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)

Sounds the same

Read liù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遛to stroll; to walk (an animal)
• 溜swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient…
• 碌used in 碌碡; Taiwan pr. lù
• 陆six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹓to stroll; walk a horse
• 霤dripping of rain from eaves
• 〦numeral 6 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 鹨pipit (genus Anthus)
• 翏the sound of the wind; to soar
• 馏to steam; to cook in a steamer; to reheat cold food by steaming it
• 镏(bound form) finger ring; Taiwan pr. liú

Where 六 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Numbers Zero to Ten (HSK 1), First 20 Characters: Numbers and Simple Forms (HSK 0), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liù correctly.
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