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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǚ | lü3
English translation
strand, thread; detailed, precise

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟娄

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

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

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zài de 一头 yī tóu 黑发 hēi fà 之中 zhī zhōng 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 生出 shēng chū 缕缕 yín .

His black hair was tinged with grey.

Cóng yān cōng mào chū qīng yān .

A plume of smoke rose from the chimney.

yòu 回到 huí dào lǎo 样子 yàngzi , xiàng shāo kāi Shuǐ de 似的 shìde ,不时 bùshí 散发 sànfā zhāo 无害 wú hài de 缕缕蒸汽 zhēng qì .

It'settled back to sporadic, harmless streaming like a simmering kettle.

生锈 shēngxiù de 炉子 lú zi mào chū 一缕青烟

A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.

一缕盘旋 pánxuán de 轻烟 Cóng 农舍 nóng shè 唯一 wéiyī de 烟囱 yān cōng 缭绕 liáo rào 升起 shēng qǐ

A thin twist of smoke curled from the cottage's single chimney.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
strand
千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways千絲萬縷
条分缕析 tiáo fēn lǚ xī to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)條分縷析
不绝如缕 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread不絕如縷
筚路蓝缕 bì lù lán lǚ the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)篳路藍縷
缕述 lǚ shù to relate in detail縷述

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