溜 liū to slip
to slip; to slide; to glide; to slip away; to skate
怎么记住“溜”: 氵 water + 留 remain = to slip. The cleaner's warning sign does not remain by the spilled water, and the boss starts to slip across the shiny lobby.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
溜 = 氵 water + 留 remain
- 氵 water meaning
- 留 remain sound
- 𠂎 left half
- 刀 knife
- 田 field
The cleaner's warning sign does not remain by the spilled water, and the boss starts to slip across the shiny lobby.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part the sound; at first it was the name of a river.
用法
- To slip/slide, hence to slip away quietly: 溜走 (liūzǒu) to sneak off, 溜冰 (liūbīng) to skate, 开溜 (kāiliū) to slip out unnoticed.
- 溜达 (liūda) means to stroll/saunter. Colloquial; also 溜须拍马 (liūxū-pāimǎ) to flatter/toady.