Chinese symbol for “torrent”
激流
jī liú
torrent; torrential current; whitewater
The closest CC-CEDICT match for torrent is 激流 (jī liú), defined as: torrent; torrential current; whitewater.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “torrent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 急流 | jí liú | torrent |
| 滔 | tāo | (bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent |
| 泻 (瀉) | xiè | to flow out swiftly; to flood |
| 驶流 (駛流) | shǐ liú | swiftly flowing; torrent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 激流.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce |
| 激动 (激動) | jī dòng | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions) |
| 激发 (激發) | jī fā | to arouse; to stimulate |
| 激励 (激勵) | jī lì | to encourage; to urge |
| 激情 | jī qíng | passion; fervor |
| 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 “torrent”.
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.