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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lù | Lu4
English translation
surname Lu
dew
syrup
nectar
outdoors (not under cover)
to show
to reveal
to betray
to expose
dew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lòu | lou4
English translation
to show
to reveal
to betray
to expose

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

rain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雨路

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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通常 tōngcháng , 所有 suǒyǒu 暴露 bàolù zài 刻蚀 Zhōng de 材料 cáiliào dōu 具有 jù yǒu 一定 yīdìng 的刻蚀速率 sù lǜ .

More often, all of the materials exposed to the etchant have a finite etch rate.

de 胳膊 gēbo Cóng 衬衫 chènshān de 袖子 xiù zi Zhōng le 出来 chū lái .

His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve.

yāo shuì 那么 nà me , 露西 Lù xī ,说话 shuōhuà xiàng 连珠炮 lián zhū pào 似的 shìde , yǐn dǒng .

Don't gabble, Lucy, I can't understand when you run your words together.

玛丽 Mǎ lì lián . mèng 十分 shífēn 性感 xìnggǎn .

Marilyn Monroe had lots of oomph.

yún 消散 xiāo sàn ,露出 lù chū le 亮晶晶 liàng jīng jīng de 星星 xīng xing .

The clouds cleared away and the stars shone very brightly.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
透露 tòulù to leak out透露 tòulù
dew
暴露 bàolù to expose暴露 bàolù
露出 lù chū to expose露出 lù chū
披露 pī lù to reveal披露 pī lù
泄露 xièlù to divulge泄露 xièlù
揭露 jiēlù to expose揭露 jiēlù
露面 lòu miàn to show one's face露面 lòu miàn
露营 lù yíng to camp out露營
露天 lù tiān outdoors露天 lù tiān
显露 xiǎn lù to reveal顯露
流露 liúlù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly)流露 liúlù
裸露 luǒ lù naked裸露 luǒ lù
露西 Lù xī Lucy露西 Lù xī
表露 biǎo lù to show表露 biǎo lù
露茜 lù xī Lucy (from the Narnia chronicles)露茜 lù xī
露脸 lòu liǎn to show one's face露臉
外露 wài lù exposed外露 wài lù
吐露 tǔ lù to tell吐露 tǔ lù
败露 bài lù (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed敗露
展露 zhǎn lù to expose展露 zhǎn lù
露宿 lù sù to sleep outdoors露宿 lù sù
露骨 lù gǔ blatant露骨 lù gǔ
露馅 lòu xiàn to leak露餡

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