Chinese symbol for “outflow”
外流
wài liú
outflow; to flow out; to drain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for outflow is 外流 (wài liú), defined as: outflow; to flow out; to drain.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “outflow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外逃 | wài táo | to flee abroad; to run away |
| 尾水 | wěi shuǐ | tailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外流.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 流行 | liú xíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “outflow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.