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喽

lóu

Character Traditional 嘍

What 喽 means

1. bound formsubordinates in a gang of bandits

Other readings

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

• lou(final particle equivalent to {了|le}); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning o

Example sentences

• 快穿上衣服，别着凉喽。
  Put some clothes on, you'll catch a cold.

Words starting with 喽

• 喽啰lóu luorank and file member of an outlaw gang; (fig.) underling; minion; small fry
• 喽喽lóu lóusee 喽啰
• 喽子lóu zivariant of 娄子
• 喽罗lóu luovariant of 喽啰

Words containing 喽

• 哈喽hā lóuhello (loanword)
• 吗喽ma lou(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
• 出喽子chū lóu zivariant of 出娄子
• 惹喽子rě lóu zivariant of 惹娄子
• 捅喽子tǒng lóu zivariant of 捅娄子

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 髅lóuused in 髑髅
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 篓lǒubasket
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 蝼lóusee 蝼蛄

Characters that look like 喽

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

• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 嗪qínused in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉

Sounds the same

Read lóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 楼house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 髅used in 髑髅
• 偻used in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 耧drill for sowing grain
• 蒌Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel
• 剅(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out…
• 娄surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 蝼see 蝼蛄
• 溇see 溇水