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漏

lòu

HSK 5 Character

What 漏 means

1. to leak
2. to divulge
3. to leave out by mistake
4. waterclock or hourglass (old)

Example sentences

• 轮胎漏气了。
  Lúntāi lòuqì le.
  The tire leaks air.
• 他总会有疏漏的。
  Tā zǒng huì yǒu shūlòu de.
  He'll get sloppy.
• 这本书错漏百出。
  Zhè běn shū cuòlòu bǎi chū.
  This book is full of mistakes.
• 屋顶上有三处在漏。
  The roof leaks in 3 different places.
• 每次下雨屋顶就漏水。
  Měicì xiàyǔ wūdǐng jiù lòushuǐ.
  Every time it rains, the roof leaks.
• 厨房里的水龙头在漏水。
  The tap in the kitchen is dripping.

Words starting with 漏

• 漏洞lòu dòngleak; hole; gap
• 漏水lòu shuǐ(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
• 漏掉lòu diàoto miss; to leave out; to omit
• 漏斗lòu dǒufunnel
• 漏气lòu qìto leak air or gas
• 漏税lòu shuìtax evasion
• 漏嘴lòu zuǐto make an indiscreet remark
• 漏夜lòu yè(literary) late at night
• 漏失lòu shīto lose sth due to leakage; to let sth slip through; a slip-up
• 漏油lòu yóuoil spill; oil leak; (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油
• 漏电lòu diànto leak electricity; (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest…
• 漏斗云lòu dǒu yúnfunnel cloud
• 漏网之鱼lòu wǎng zhī yú(lit.) a fish that escaped the net (idiom); (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
• 漏壶lòu húwater clock; clepsydra
• 漏泄lòu xièa leak (e.g. of chemicals)
• 漏泄天机lòu xiè tiān jīto divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
• 漏锅lòu guōcolander; strainer; sieve
• 漏水转浑天仪lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yíwater-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
• 漏勺lòu sháoperforated spoon; strainer spoon; skimmer
• 漏脯充饥lòu fǔ chōng jī(lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom)…
• 漏洞百出lòu dòng bǎi chū(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
• 漏网游鱼lòu wǎng yóu yúsee 漏网之鱼

Words containing 漏

• 走漏zǒu lòuto leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax…
• 泄漏xiè lòu(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
• 遗漏yí lòuto overlook; to miss; to omit
• 疏漏shū lòuto slip up; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight
• 纰漏pī lòucareless mistake; slip-up
• 渗漏shèn lòuseepage; leakage
• 滴水不漏dī shuǐ bù lòulit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
• 偷漏tōu lòuto evade (taxes)
• 地漏dì lòudrain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter
• 更漏gēng lòuwater clock used to mark night watches
• 检漏jiǎn lòuto check for leaks
• 沙漏shā lòuhourglass; sand filter
• 缺漏quē lòuto overlook; omissions; deficiencies
• 脱漏tuō lòuomission; to leave out; missing
• 逃漏táo lòuto evade (paying tax); (tax) evasion
• 透漏tòu lòuto divulge; to leak; to reveal
• 错漏cuò lòuerror and negligence
• 雨漏yǔ lòugargoyle (architecture)
• 克漏字kè lòu zìcloze (loanword) (Tw)
• 出漏子chū lòu zito take a wrong turn; to go wrong
• 说漏嘴shuō lòu zuǐto blurt out; to let slip
• 走漏消息zǒu lòu xiāo xito divulge secrets
• 点水不漏diǎn shuǐ bù lòunot one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight
• 泄漏天机xiè lòu tiān jīto divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

Characters that look like 漏

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

• 满mǎnto fill; full; filled
• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 溢yìto overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 镒
• 遴lín(literary) to select
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà

Sounds the same

Read lòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陋low; humble; plain
• 露to show; to reveal; to betray
• 镂to engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 瘘fistula; ulceration
• 瘺variant of 瘘