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录

lù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 彔

What 录 means

1. to carve wood

Other readings

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

• lùdiary; record; to hit
• Lùsurname Lu

Example sentences

• 没有录像证据。
  Méiyǒu lùxiàng zhèngjù.
  There is no video proof.
• 我买了盒录像带。
  Wǒ mǎi le hé lùxiàngdài.
  I buy a videotape.
• 她被哈佛录取了。
  Tā bèi Hāfó lùqǔ le.
  She was accepted by Harvard.
• 他破了世界纪录。
  Tā pò le shìjièjìlù.
  He broke the world record.
• 你有旅馆名录吗？
  Nǐ yǒu lǚguǎn mínglù ma?
  Do you have a list of hotels?
• 这是你的录音机吗？
  Zhè shì nǐ de lùyīnjī ma?
  Is this your tape recorder?

Words starting with 录

• 录取lù qǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam…
• 录音lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording
• 录像lù xiàngto videotape; to videorecord; video recording
• 录音机lù yīn jī(tape) recording machine; tape recorder
• 录制lù zhìto record (video or audio)
• 录入lù rùto input (computer); to type
• 录像带lù xiàng dàivideotape; video cassette
• 录用lù yòngto hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication
• 录音带lù yīn dàiaudio tape
• 录像机lù xiàng jīvideo recorder; VCR
• 录音室lù yīn shìrecording studio
• 录取线lù qǔ xiànminimum passing score for admission
• 录取率lù qǔ lǜacceptance rate; admission rate
• 录音棚lù yīn péngrecording studio
• 录供lù gòngto take down a confession; Taiwan pr. lù gōng
• 录影lù yǐngto videotape; to videorecord
• 录放lù fàngto record and play (audio, video)
• 录影带lù yǐng dài(Taiwan) videotape; video cassette
• 录影机lù yǐng jīcamcorder; video recorder; videocassette recorder (Tw)
• 录取通知书lù qǔ tōng zhī shūadmission notice (issued by a university)
• 录播lù bōreplay of a broadcast or livestream
• 录音笔lù yīn bǐvoice recorder (handheld digital device)
• 录屏lù píng(computing) to make a screen capture video; a screen video
• 录象lù xiàngvariant of 录像

Words containing 录

• 记录jì lùto record; record (written account); note-taker
• 目录mù lùcatalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive)
• 登录dēng lùto register; to log in
• 备忘录bèi wàng lùmemorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book
• 收录shōu lùto include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record
• 纪录片jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
• 语录yǔ lùquotation (from a book or existing source)
• 回忆录huí yì lùmemoir
• 名录míng lùdirectory
• 附录fù lùappendix; supplement; attachment
• 笔录bǐ lùto put down in writing; to take down notes; transcript
• 摘录zhāi lùto extract; to excerpt; an excerpt
• 通讯录tōng xùn lùaddress book; directory
• 抄录chāo lùto make a copy of
• 启示录Qǐ shì lùthe Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse
• 毛主席语录Máo zhǔ xí Yǔ lùQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published 1964–1979 and widely distributed during…
• 收录机shōu lù jīradio-tape recorder
• 全录Quán lùXerox (Tw)
• 分录fēn lùentry (accounting)
• 图录tú lùcatalog
• 型录xíng lùproduct catalog
• 报录bào lùentry pass for imperial examination
• 采录cǎi lùcollect and record
• 编录biān lùto select and edict; to edit extracts

Characters that look like 录

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

• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 隶lì(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle; devious
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 路road; journey; route
• 露dew; syrup; nectar
• 陆(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
• 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 赂bribe; bribery
• 鹿deer
• 禄good fortune; official salary
• 璐beautiful jade
• 六used in place names
• 绿used in names
• 麓foot of a hill
• 鹭heron