Chinese symbol for “turnover”
流水
liú shuǐ
running water; (business) turnover
The closest CC-CEDICT match for turnover is 流水 (liú shuǐ), defined as: running water; (business) turnover.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “turnover”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周转 (周轉) | zhōu zhuǎn | to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc) |
| 销售额 (銷售額) | xiāo shòu é | sales figure; total income from sales |
| 营业额 (營業額) | yíng yè é | sum or volume of business; turnover |
| 交易额 (交易額) | jiāo yì é | sum or volume of business transactions; turnover |
| 卷饼 (捲餅) | juǎn bǐng | rolled-up pastry; roll |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 流水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “turnover”.
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.
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