liú
Traditional: 劉
刘 (liú) is a Chinese word meaning “(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter”.
Meanings
- 1(classical) a type of battle-ax
- 2to kill
- 3to slaughter
Related words
刘surname Liu刘海bangs刘德华Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor刘翔Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games刘义庆Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]刘云山Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012刘伯温Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1]刘光第Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898刘公岛Liugong island in the Yellow sea刘厚总Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]刘向Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author刘基Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius