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卤

lǔ

Character Traditional 滷

What 卤 means

1. to stew in soy sauce and spices

Other readings

卤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lǔalkaline soil; salt; brine

Example sentences

• 这锅卤肉还太稀，再煮十分钟收汁一下，味道才会巴在肉上。
  This braised pork is still too watery. Cook it for another ten minutes to thicken the sauce, so the flavor sticks to the meat.
• 这卤肉还是太稀了，再煮十分钟，让汤汁浓稠一些，这样味道才能更好地留在肉上。
  This braised pork is still too watery. Cook it for another ten minutes to thicken the sauce, so the flavor sticks to the meat.

Words starting with 卤

• 卤味lǔ wèifood prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
• 卤壶lǔ húa ceramic teapot
• 卤汁lǔ zhīgravy; marinade
• 卤肉lǔ ròustewed meat
• 卤菜lǔ càipot-stewed dish
• 卤蛋lǔ dànpeeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
• 卤化lǔ huàto halogenate; halogenation (chemistry)
• 卤水lǔ shuǐbrine; bittern; marinade
• 卤素lǔ sùhalogen (chemistry)
• 卤质lǔ zhìalkalinity
• 卤代烃lǔ dài tīnghaloalkane…
• 卤化物lǔ huà wùhalide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc)
• 卤化银lǔ huà yínsilver halide (usually chloride) used to fix photos
• 卤素灯lǔ sù dēnghalogen lamp
• 卤属lǔ shǔsee 卤素
• 卤族lǔ zúsee 卤素
• 卤莽lǔ mǎngvariant of 鲁莽

Words containing 卤

• 斥卤chì lǔ(literary) salt-affected land
• 盐卤yán lǔbrine
• 光卤石guāng lǔ shí(mineralogy) carnallite
• 拟卤素nǐ lǔ sùpseudohalogen, e.g. cyanogen (CN)2
• 氢卤酸qīng lǔ suānhydrohalic acid (e.g. hydrofluoric acid HF 氢氟酸
• 金卤灯jīn lǔ dēngmetal halide lamp
• 石英卤素灯shí yīng lǔ sù dēngquartz halogen lamp
• 粗卤cū lǔvariant of 粗鲁

Characters that look like 卤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 贞zhēnchaste
• 岗gǎng(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
• 囱cōng(bound form) chimney
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read lǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鲁(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 虏prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 掳(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 橹scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)
• 镥lutetium (chemistry)
• 氇used in 氆氇
• 澛(used in place names); old variant of 卤
• 硵sal ammoniac