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刘

liú

Character Traditional 劉

What 刘 means

(classical) a type of battle-ax
to kill
to slaughter

Example sentences

刘晓波是中国人。

Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.
刘备和诸葛亮是一支无法战胜的队伍。

Liú Bèi hé Zhūgě Liàng shì yī zhī wúfǎ zhànshèng de duìwǔ.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.
我很想告诉给我理发的女士我不喜欢留刘海。

Wǒ hěn xiǎng gàosu gěi wǒ lǐfà de nǚshì wǒ bù xǐhuan liú liúhǎi.

I'd love to be able to tell the lady who cuts my hair that I don’t like bangs.
过年时，小刘的单位给每位员工发一袋面粉。

Guònián shí, Xiǎo Liú de dānwèi gěi měi wèi yuángōng fā yīdài miànfěn.

For the new year, Liu's company gives every employee a bag of flour.
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。”

Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn xìnxīhuà yánjiūzhōngxīn fùzhǔrèn liú mǎn qiáng shuō:"xìnxī chuándì nénggòu dàilái jùdà de fùjiāzhí, Zhōngguó xìnxī fāzhǎn de yī gè zhòngyào mùbiāo shì ràng gèng duō de nóngmín cóng xìnxī yè fāzhǎnzhōng shòuyì."

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."

Words starting with 刘

Words containing 刘

汉文帝刘恒Hàn wén dì Liú héngLiu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC

Characters that look like 刘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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