chà
liú

technical

Meaning of 岔流

岔流 means a distributary; a river branch that flows away from the main stream to the sea. Pronounced chà liú.

  • a distributary; a river branch that flows away from the main stream to the sea

Definitions & Examples

Cháng
Jiāng
sān
jiǎo
zhōu
yǒu
duō
chà
liú
 

There are many distributaries in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Zhè
tiáo
zài
hǎi
kǒu
xíng
chéng
le
hǎo
tiáo
chà
liú
 

This river forms several distributaries at its estuary.

shàng
qīng
de
biāo
chū
le
zhǔ
dào
chà
liú
 

The map clearly marks the main channel and its distributaries.

Measure Words

/ tiáo
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