Chinese symbol for “spread”
流行
liú xíng
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spread is 流行 (liú xíng), defined as: (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spread”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流传 (流傳) | liú chuán | to spread; to circulate; to hand down |
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 铺 (鋪) | pū | to spread; to display |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 敷 | fū | to spread; to lay out |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 流行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point |
| 流动 (流動) | liú dòng | to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid |
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spread”.
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.