刘
Meaning
liú liu2
- (classical) a type of battle-ax
- to kill
- to slaughter
- surname Liu
Example sentences
- Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.
- Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.
Words with 刘
- 刘海 liúhǎi bangs
- 刘安 LiúĀn Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 (Huái nán zi)
- 刘基 LiúJī Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (Liú Bó wēn) (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (Zhū Yuán zhāng), with a reputation as a military genius
- 刘表 LiúBiǎo Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
- 刘洋 LiúYáng Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
- 刘向 LiúXiàng Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
- 刘备 LiúBèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- 刘邦 LiúBāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
- 刘恒 LiúHéng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝
- 刘渊 LiúYuān Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (Xī Jìn), founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (Chéng Hàn) (304–347)
- 刘宋 LiúSòng Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
- 刘禅 LiúShàn Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263