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炉

lú

HSK 6 Character Traditional 爐

What 炉 means

1. stove
2. furnace

Other readings

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

• lúvariant of {炉|lú}

Example sentences

• 汤姆没有微波炉。
  Tāngmǔ méiyǒu wēibōlú.
  Tom doesn't have a microwave oven.
• 时钟在壁炉的上方。
  Shízhōng zài bìlú de shàng fāng.
  The clock is above the fireplace.
• 他们围在壁炉旁边。
  Tāmen wéi zài bìlú pángbiān.
  They gathered about the fireplace.
• 这家工厂生产电炉。
  Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn diànlú.
  This factory manufactures electric stoves.
• 新鲜出炉的蛋挞味道一流。
  Xīnxiān chūlú de dàntà wèidao yīliú.
  Egg tarts, when freshly baked, are a real delicacy.
• 我们是时候买新的微波炉了。
  Wǒmen shì shíhou mǎi xīn de wēibōlú le.
  It is about time we bought a new microwave oven.

Words starting with 炉

• 炉灶lú zàostove
• 炉子lú zistove; oven; furnace
• 炉火lú huǒthe fire of a stove
• 炉火纯青lú huǒ chún qīng(lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)…
• 炉床lú chuánghearth
• 炉架lú jiàstove stand; grate (supporting a pot over the stove); grate (in a fireplace); oven rack
• 炉台lú táistove top; hob
• 炉边lú biānfireside
• 炉顶lú dǐngfurnace top
• 炉霍县Lú huò XiànLuhuo, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 炉渣lú zhāfurnace slag; ashes from a stove
• 炉膛lú tángfurnace chamber; stove chamber
• 炉霍Lú huòsee 炉霍县

Words containing 炉

• 出炉chū lúto take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven; fig. newly announced
• 火炉huǒ lústove
• 锅炉guō lúboiler
• 微波炉wēi bō lúmicrowave oven
• 壁炉bì lúfireplace
• 香炉xiāng lúa censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible
• 电炉diàn lúelectric stove; hot plate
• 熔炉róng lúsmelting furnace; forge
• 司炉sī lústoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
• 回炉huí lúto melt down; to remelt (metals); fig. to acquire new education
• 围炉wéi lúto gather around the stove; (Taiwan) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New…
• 地炉dì lúfire pit
• 怀炉huái lúhand warmer (fuel based)
• 融炉róng lúa smelting furnace; fig. a melting pot
• 补炉bǔ lúfettling
• 转炉zhuàn lúconverter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
• 开炉kāi lúto open a furnace; to start up a furnace
• 高炉gāo lúblast furnace
• 卡式炉kǎ shì lúportable gas stove (fueled by a gas cartridge)
• 反应炉fǎn yìng lú(nuclear etc) reactor
• 大融炉dà róng lúmelting pot
• 天炉座Tiān lú zuòFornax (constellation)
• 打边炉dǎ biān lú(Cantonese) to eat hot pot; hot pot
• 新出炉xīn chū lúfresh out of the oven; fig. novelty just announced; recently made available

Characters built on 户

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

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 炉

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

• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai

Sounds the same

Read lú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卢(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐
• 芦rush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 庐hut
• 颅forehead; skull
• 泸old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
• 鲈common perch; bass
• 鸬used in 鸬鹚
• 胪belly; skin; to state
• 轳used in 辘轳
• 垆clay; shop
• 籚basket made of rush; spear-shaft
• 栌capital (of column); smoke tree