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lǎo

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lǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎo | lao3
English translation
to flood; puddle; dejected, careless

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About lǎo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

lǎo

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of lǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵尞

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

liào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and liào represents the sound.

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Example sentences using lǎo

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zhè shì 不是 bú shi lòng 穷愁 qióng chóu 潦倒 liáo dǎo de 原因 yuányīn ?

That's what has impoverished him, eh?

绘画 huì huà Shǐ shǎng 到头来 dào tóu lái míng 分文 fēn wén 穷愁 qióng chóu 潦倒 liáo dǎo de 艺术家 yì shù jiā 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì .

The history of painting was full of artists who had earned nothing at all.

hěn 抱歉 bàoqiàn xiě 如此 rú cǐ 潦草 liáo cǎo

I'm sorry what I wrote was such a scribble.

zài 一张纸片 zhǐ piàn shǎng 匆忙 cōngmáng ér 潦草 liáo cǎo 地写 le 下来 xià lai

She wrote it hastily and messily on a scrap of paper.

zhè 封信 shì 仓促 cāngcù 手写 shǒu xiě 而成潦草 liáo cǎo 几乎 jīhū 无法 wú fǎ 辨认 biànrèn

The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.

Words with lǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潦倒 liáo dǎo disappointed潦倒 liáo dǎo
潦草 liáo cǎo careless潦草 liáo cǎo
lǎo flooded lǎo
穷愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled窮愁潦倒

lǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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