客流

kèliú

noun HSK 7 #86,761

Meanings

1 passenger flow; volume of passengers

Characters

passenger; customer

Literally 'passenger flow' — treating the movement of people like a flowing stream.

Examples

春节期间客流量非常大。

Chūnjié qījiān kèliúliàng fēicháng dà.

The passenger volume is extremely high during Spring Festival.

这个地铁站的客流高峰在早上八点。

Zhège dìtiězhàn de kèliú gāofēng zài zǎoshang bā diǎn.

This subway station's peak passenger flow is at 8 AM.

Tips

usage

客流 is often paired with 量 (liàng) to form 客流量, meaning passenger volume as a measurable quantity. You'll see it constantly in news about holidays and transportation.

Stroke Order

客 kè

流 liú