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榴

liú

Character

What 榴 means

1. pomegranate

Example sentences

• 你买石榴汁了吗？
  Nǐ mǎi shíliu zhī le ma?
  Did you buy the pomegranate juice?
• 我午餐吃了苹果、梨子和石榴。
  My lunch was an apple and pears and pomegranate.
• 龙舌兰日出由柳橙汁、龙舌兰酒和石榴糖浆调制而成。
  The Tequila Sunrise is made with orange juice, tequila, and grenadine.

Words starting with 榴

• 榴弹liú dànhigh explosive shell; grenade
• 榴莲liú liándurian fruit; Durio zibethinus
• 榴弹炮liú dàn pàohowitzer
• 榴莲族liú lián zúworker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with
• 榴弹发射器liú dàn fā shè qìgrenade launcher
• 榴霰弹liú xiàn dànshrapnel shell; shrapnel; also pr. liú sǎn dàn
• 榴梿liú liánvariant of 榴莲

Words containing 榴

• 手榴弹shǒu liú dànhand grenade
• 石榴shí liupomegranate
• 海榴hǎi liúpomegranate
• 安石榴ān shí liúpomegranate
• 枪榴弹qiāng liú dànrifle grenade
• 番石榴fān shí liuguava (fruit)
• 白榴石bái liú shíleucite
• 石榴子shí liu zǐpomegranate seeds; pomegranate arils
• 石榴树shí liu shùpomegranate tree
• 石榴石shí liu shígarnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
• 火箭推进榴弹huǒ jiàn tuī jìn liú dànrocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
• 柘榴zhè liúpomegranate
• 柘榴石zhè liú shígarnet

Characters built on 留

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

• 瘤liútumor
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 馏liúto distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 遛liùto stroll; to walk (an animal)
• 骝liúbay horse with black mane
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜
• 镏liú(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium

Characters that look like 榴

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 磁címagnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 椿chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 流to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浏clear; deep (of water); swift
• 刘(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
• 瘤tumor
• 遛used in 逗遛
• 琉precious stone
• 硫sulfur (chemistry)
• 馏to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝bay horse with black mane
• 旒tassel
• 镏(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium