粵

潮ciu4流lau4

ciu4 lau4cháo liú

English

  1. tide
  2. current
  3. trend
  4. tidal current.
  5. trend; vogue
  6. popular trend; vogue; fashion

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 由於潮汐漲落所產生嘅海水流動現象。
  2. 時事、人情、社會風氣等等嘅傾向
  3. 引伸為而家流行、興嘅事物

Examples

  • 她是潮流的奴隸。

    She is a slave of fashion.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 今年的时尚潮流完全不同于去年。

    This year's fashions are completely different from last year's.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

  • 跟上最近潮流时尚是件非常花钱的事儿。

    It is very expensive to keep up with the latest fashions.

    Tatoeba · sunnywqing CC BY

  • 紐約市出現了一種新的藝術潮流,將古老的鉤編工藝帶到了街頭。在那裡,傳統上,牆壁和柵欄一直是塗鴉藝術家的畫布。

    A new art trend in New York City takes the age-old craft of crocheting to the streets, where traditionally walls and fences have been serving as canvases for graffiti artists.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 潮流興染髮

    Dying hair is the new fashion.

  • 孫中山:「民主潮流,浩浩盪盪,順之則昌,逆之則亡。」

    Sun Yat Sen:"Democracy is a mighty trend. You can go along and prosper, or go against it and wither." ----

  • 混作滔滔一片潮流 ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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