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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lǔ | Lu3
English translation
surname Lu
Shandong Province 山東省
>山东省 Shān dōng Shěng [Shān dōng Shěng]
vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC) in modern day Shandong Province
crass
stupid
rude
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

To talk  like a fish 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

鱼日

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. Gān represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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克鲁: 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen huì de . āi yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

跟随 gēnsuí 鲁珀特, shè chuàn Xīn de 珍宝 zhēn bǎo 足迹 zú jì !

Follow Rupert as he picks up a new treasure trail!

zuì 紧张 jǐnzhāng 刺激 cìjī de 球赛 qiú sài shì 哈佛 Hā fó duì duì 耶鲁 Yē lǔ duì .

The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.

布鲁克 Bù lǔ kè bèi 逮捕 dàibǔ , Hòu bèi pàn 五年监禁 jiān jìn .

Brooke was arrested and subsequently sentenced to five years'imprisonment.

鲁道夫 Guò yān lái , dàn yòu 马上 mǎshàng 觉得 juéde 这样 zhè yàng zuò 有些 yǒu xiē gòu 妥当 tuǒdang .

Rudolf offered tobacco, feeling suddenly immature as he did so.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
surname Lu
鲁迅 Lǔ Xùn Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers魯迅
粗鲁 cūlǔ coarse粗魯
秘鲁 Bì lǔ Peru秘魯
乌鲁木齐 Wū lǔ mù qí Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū in west China烏魯木齊
布鲁克林 Bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City布魯克林
布鲁斯 bù lǔ sī blues (music) (loanword)布魯斯
耶鲁 Yē lǔ Yale耶魯
赫鲁晓夫 Hè lǔ xiǎo fu Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964赫魯曉夫
鲁莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed魯莽
安德鲁 Ān dé lǔ Andrew (name)安德魯
格鲁吉亚 Gé lǔ jí yà Georgia (country)格魯吉亞
齐鲁 Qí lǔ abbr. for Shandong culture齊魯
布鲁塞尔 Bù lǔ sài ěr Brussels, capital of Belgium布魯塞爾
贝鲁特 Bèi lǔ tè Beirut, capital of Lebanon貝魯特
布鲁克 Bù lǔ kè Brook (name)布魯克
乌鲁木齐市 Wū lǔ mù qí Shì Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū [Xīn​jiāng​Wéi​wú​'ěr​Zì​zhì​qū] in west China烏魯木齊市
耶鲁大学 Yē lǔ Dà xué Yale University耶魯大學

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