限流

xiànliú

verb

Meanings

1 to limit the flow (of visitors, traffic, water etc.)
2 (electricity) to limit current
3 (networking) rate limiting
4 (internet) to throttle a user's reach

Characters

Examples

节假日景区会限流，每天只接待五千人。

Jiéjiàrì jǐngqū huì xiànliú, měitiān zhǐ jiēdài wǔqiān rén.

On holidays the scenic area limits the flow, receiving only 5,000 visitors per day.

他的账号被平台限流了。

Tā de zhànghào bèi píngtái xiànliú le.

His account got throttled by the platform.

服务器需要限流以防过载。

Fúwùqì xūyào xiànliú yǐ fáng guòzài.

The server needs rate limiting to prevent overload.

Tips

usage

限流 has exploded as Chinese tech vocabulary: in API design it's the standard term for rate limiting, while on Douyin/Weibo creators talk about 被限流 (getting shadow-throttled) — your posts still go up but reach mysteriously drops.

Stroke Order

限 xiàn

流 liú