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垃

lā

HSK 4 Character

What 垃 means

1. used in {垃圾|lā jī}
2. Taiwan pr. lè

Example sentences

• 垃圾桶空了。
  The bin is empty.
• 垃圾箱臭气熏天。
  Lājīxiāng chòuqìxūntiān.
  The garbage-can gave off a bad smell.
• 别在这儿扔垃圾。
  Don't throw trash here.
• 我不吃垃圾食品。
  I don't eat junk food.
• 汤姆屯了很多垃圾。
  Tāngmǔ tún le hěn duō lājī.
  Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.
• 给丢到垃圾桶里去。
  Toss it into the trash.

Words starting with 垃

• 垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin; trash can; garbage can
• 垃圾lā jītrash; refuse; garbage
• 垃圾箱lā jī xiāngrubbish can; garbage can; trash can
• 垃圾堆lā jī duīgarbage heap
• 垃圾筒lā jī tǒngtrashcan
• 垃圾工lā jī gōnggarbage collector
• 垃圾股lā jī gǔjunk bonds; high-yield bonds
• 垃圾车lā jī chēgarbage truck (or other vehicle)
• 垃圾分类lā jī fēn lèiwaste sorting; waste separation
• 垃圾邮件lā jī yóu jiànjunk mail; spam; unsolicited mail
• 垃圾食品lā jī shí pǐnjunk food
• 垃圾电邮lā jī diàn yóusee 垃圾邮件

Words containing 垃

• 洋垃圾yáng lā jītrash or used goods from Western countries; the dregs of society of Western countries…
• 生活垃圾shēng huó lā jīdomestic garbage
• 坷垃kē lā(dialect) clod (of earth)
• 土坷垃tǔ kē lā(dialect) clod of earth

Characters built on 立

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

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 飒sàsound of wind; valiant; melancholy
• 砬láa huge boulder; a towering rock

Characters that look like 垃

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

• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 柱zhùpillar
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read lā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拉to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 啦(onomatopoeia) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
• 喇(onomatopoeia) sound of wind, rain etc
• 邋used in 邋遢