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咕噜

gū lu

2-character word Traditional 咕嚕

What 咕噜 means

1. onomatopoeiato rumble (of a stomach)
2. to coo (of a dove)
3. rumbling
4. noisy drinking sound

The characters in 咕噜

• 咕gū(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 噜lūgrumble; chatter

Example sentences

• 咕噜！这食物太好吃了，但我担心它会很贵。
  Gūlu! zhè shíwù tài hǎochī le, dàn wǒ dānxīn tā huì hěn guì.
  Gulp! The food is delicious, but I'm afraid of how expensive it's going to be.

Words starting with 咕噜

• 咕噜肉gū lū ròusweet and sour meat (pork)

Words containing 咕噜

• 叽哩咕噜jī li gū lū(onomatopoeia) to jabber; to rumble
• 叽里咕噜jī li gū lūsee 叽哩咕噜

Sounds the same

Read gū lu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轱辘(colloquial) wheel; to turn; to roll
• 骨碌to roll rapidly; to spin; Taiwan pr. gú lu
• 毂辘variant of 轱辘

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gū lu correctly.
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