流行

liúxíng

A1 Level 3 ★ Core word
Stative verb

流行 (liúxíng) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate”. It sits at TOCFL Level 3 (CEFR A1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate
  2. (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable

Stroke order

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Example

今年很流行這種顏色。

This color is very popular this year.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).