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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lù | Lu4
English translation
surname Lu
shore
land
continent
land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liù | liu4
English translation
six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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place

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝击

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

这时 zhè shí 缓缓 huǎn huǎn de zài 树干 shù gàn 矮树 aǐ shù jiān piāo zhāo , yòu dào bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò de 陆地 lùdì shǎng .

Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land.

飞行员 fēi xíng yuán 使 shǐ 飞机 fēijī 安全 ānquán de zài běn 机场 jīchǎng zhāo .

The pilot landed the plane safely at its home airport.

ér 内陆地区 shì dōng 冷夏 de 大陆 Dà lù xìng 气候 qìhòu .

At this time most of the country sees clear skies most days.

陆军 lù jūn 中校 zhōng xiào 少校 shào xiào 级别 jíbié Gāo .

A lieutenant colonel ranks above a major.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
大陆 Dà lù continent大陸
登陆 dēnglù to land登陸
着陆 zhuó lù landing著陸
陆续 lùxù in turn陸續
陆军 lù jūn army陸軍
shore
陆地 lùdì dry land (as opposed to the sea)陸地
内陆 nèi lù inland內陸
海军陆战队 hǎi jūn lù zhàn duì marine corps海軍陸戰隊
新大陆 xīn dà lù the New World新大陸
陆路 lù lù land route陸路
陆上 lù shàng land-based陸上
水陆 shuǐ lù water and land水陸
软着陆 ruǎn zhuó lù soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft)軟著陸
海陆空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations)海陸空
陆陆续续 lù lù xù xù in succession陸陸續續
陆川 Lù chuān Luchuan county in Yulin 玉林 Yù lín [Yù​lín], Guangxi陸川
光怪陆离 guāng guài lù lí monstrous and multicolored光怪陸離
奥斯陆 Aò sī lù Oslo, capital of Norway奧斯陸
大陆架 dà lù jià continental shelf大陸架

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