客流 kèliú passenger flow
passenger flow; customer flow
How to remember 客流: 客 guest + 流 flow = passenger flow.
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How it is used
- Passenger / customer flow - the volume of people moving through a place - 春运客流高峰 (chūnyùn kèliú gāofēng) the Spring Festival travel-rush peak.
- Transport and retail term: 客流量 (footfall/passenger volume), 客流密集 crowded with travelers.
- Parallel to 车流 (traffic flow) and 物流 (logistics); the 流 frames people as a moving stream.