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流行

Mandarin · pinyin liú xíng

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

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流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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2–2 · liu2 xing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lau4 hang4

Cantonese word readings for 流行. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

prevalent; widespread
prevalent; widespread — (specifically, epidemiology) endemic
popular; in vogue; fashionable

verb

to become prevalent
to spread; to become endemic
to become popular or fashionable

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