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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǚ | lü3
English translation
a musical note; surname

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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Two mouths  kǒu in harmony

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口口

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拖网渔船已经 yǐjīng 驶离 shǐ lí le 布吕赫 Gǎng

The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge.

海沃德艺术展 shì yóu 艺术家 yì shù jiā 伯纳德·组织 zǔzhī de

The Hayward exhibition has been curated by the artist Bernard Luthi.

普吕一段 xiě zài de 笔记本 bǐjìběn shǎng 然后 ránhòu yòu 大声 dà shēng niàn le 一遍 yī biàn

Prue entered the passage in her notebook, then read it aloud again.

普吕邀请 yāoqǐng gāi 杂志 zázhì de 编辑 biānjí 共进午餐推销 tuīxiāo 自己 zìjǐ de 点子 diǎn zi

Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
surname Lü
吕布 Lǚ Bù Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord呂布
吕宋岛 Lǚ sòng Dǎo Luzon Island, north Philippines呂宋島
吕不韦 Lǚ Bù wéi Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国 Qín guó [Qín​guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 Qín dài [Qín​dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政 Yíng Zhèng [Yíng​Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng [Qín​Shǐ​huáng]呂不韋
吕梁 Lǚ liáng Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 呂梁
吕蒙 Lǚ Méng Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu呂蒙
吕梁市 Lǚ liáng shì Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 呂梁市
吕洞宾 Lǚ Dòng bīn Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 Bā xiān [Bā​xiān]呂洞賓
律吕 lǜ lǚ tuning律呂
吕望 Lǚ Wàng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá [Jiāng​Zǐ​yá]呂望
吕贝克 Lǚ bèi kè Lübeck, Germany呂貝克
吕纯阳 Lǚ Chún yáng Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 Bā xiān [Bā​xiān]呂純陽
萨尔布吕肯 Sà ěr bù lǚ kěn Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany薩爾布呂肯
吕宋海峡 Lǚ sòng Hǎi xiá Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)呂宋海峽
泽布吕赫 Zé bù lǚ hè Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium)澤布呂赫

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