流行

liúxíng

adjective HSK 4 #3,041

Meanings

HSK 1

现在流行什么？

Xiànzài liúxíng shénme?

What's popular now?

HSK 4

这首歌很流行。

Zhè shǒu gē hěn liúxíng.

This song is very popular.

HSK 5

这种风格很流行。

Zhè zhǒng fēnggé hěn liúxíng.

This style is very trendy.

usage

流行 can describe trends in fashion, music, language, or culture. 流行音乐 means 'pop music', and 流行语 means 'buzzword' or 'trending phrase'.

mistakes

流行 also means 'epidemic' in medical contexts: 流行病 (liúxíngbìng) means 'epidemic disease'. Context makes the meaning clear.

流 liú

行 xíng