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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lū | lu1
English translation
verbose, talkative; mumbling

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口鲁

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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孩子 háizi de tóu pèng téng le , gěi 胡噜.

The child's knocked his head against something. Rub it for him.

méi 几分钟 jiù 走开 zǒu kāi le 留下 liú xià 他们 tā men zài 那儿 nà r 叽里咕噜 jī li gū lū de shuì 不停 bù tíng

After a minute or two I left them there jabbering away.

罗兰 Luó lán duō zhāo shuì zhāo le 四肢 sìzhī 摊开 tān kāi 打着呼噜 hū lū

Rolando lay sprawled on his stomach, snoring.

那个 nà ge 女孩儿 nǚ hái r 叽里咕噜 jī li gū lū de shuì zhāo shuí méi 听懂 tīng dǒng

The girl jabbered incomprehensibly.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咕噜 gū lu rumbling咕嚕
grumble
呼噜 hū lū (onom.) snoring呼嚕
打呼噜 dǎ hū lu to snore打呼嚕
叽里咕噜 jī li gū lū (onom.) to jabber嘰里咕嚕
嘟噜 dū lu bunch嘟嚕
叽哩咕噜 jī li gū lū (onom.) to jabber嘰哩咕嚕
呼噜噜 hū lū lū wheezing呼嚕嚕
噜苏 lū sū wordy嚕囌

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