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lǒu

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lǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǒu | lou3
English translation
bamboo basket

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About lǒu

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of lǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮娄

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using lǒu

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kān wán xìn 之后 zhī hòu , rēng jìn le 字纸篓 zì zhǐ lǒu .

After reading the letter, he threw it in the waste - paper basket.

气愤 qì fèn de xìn diào , rēng jìn 字纸篓 zì zhǐ lǒu .

He tore up the letter angrily and threw it into the wastebasket.

rēng jìn fèi 纸篓.

He slung it into the wastepaper basket.

不要 bù yào 烟斗 yān dǒu de huī zài fèi 纸篓, huì 房子 fáng zi 点着 de .

Stop emptying your pipe into the waster paper basket : you'll set fire to the house.

de xìn diū jìn le fèi 纸篓

I consigned her letter to the waste basket.

Words with lǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
篓子 lǒu zi basket簍子
lǒu basket
背篓 bēi lǒu a basket carried on the back背簍
字纸篓 zì zhǐ lǒu wastepaper basket字紙簍
驮篓 tuó lǒu pannier馱簍

lǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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