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搂
lōu
搂 (lōu) means "to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.
What 搂 means
- to draw towards oneself
- to gather
- to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
- to grab (money)
- to extort
Other readings
Words starting with 搂
- 搂住lǒu zhùto hold in one's arms; to embrace
- 搂抱lǒu bàoto hug; to embrace
- 搂钱lōu qián(colloquial) to grab money; to rake in money
Words containing 搂
- 抖搂dǒu louto shake out; to bring to light; to squander
- 扒搂pá louto gather together as with a rake; to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
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
- 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
- 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 搂
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
- 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
- 矮ǎi(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
- 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
- 榉jǔZeikowa acuminata
Sounds the same
Read lōu, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 搂 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · liū–lōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lōu correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
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