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lōu

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lōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lōu | lou1
English translation
to draw towards oneself
to gather
to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
to grab (money)
to extort
to hug
to embrace
to hold in one's arms
to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull

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About lōu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

lǒu

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of lōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌娄

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and lóu represents the sound. Simplified form of lǒu .

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Example sentences using lōu

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de lōu le liǎng wǎn fàn , 觉得 juéde 非常 fēicháng de 无聊 wúliáo .

He swallowed two bowls of rice unthinkingly, feeling quite fed up.

shǒu zài yāo jiān zài 往前 wǎng qián nuó le nuó , lōu gēng jìn xiē .

He moved his arm farther around her waist and pulled her closer.

shuì zhāo 伸出 shēn chū 两臂,做个 搂抱 lǒu bào de 姿 shì .

And it takes quite a few people to encircle its massive trunk . "

他们 tā men zài 车里 yòu Zuò le 10分钟 fēnzhōng biān shuì biān lōu zhāo 亲热 qīnrè

They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes.

双臂 shuāng bì jǐn lōu zhāo de 脖子 bózi 不放

He hangs on tightly, his arms around my neck.

Words with lōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lōu to hug lǒu
搂抱 lǒu bào to hug摟抱
抖搂 dǒu lou to shake out抖摟

lōu Decomposition & Compounds

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lōu Decomposition

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