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牢

láo

HSK 6 Character

What 牢 means

1. literarypen; fold (for livestock)
2. prison; jail
3. firm; secure; fast

Example sentences

• 亡羊补牢。
  Wángyángbǔláo.
  Better late than never.
• 我牢记此事。
  Wǒ láojì cǐ shì.
  I remember it well.
• 停止发牢骚吧。
  Tíngzhǐ fā láosāo ba.
  Stop grumbling.
• 牢记他的建议。
  Láojì tā de jiànyì.
  Bear his advice in mind.
• 汤姆老是发牢骚。
  Tāngmǔ lǎoshi fāláosāo.
  Tom complains all the time.
• 灵魂是肉体的监牢。
  Línghún shì ròutǐ de jiānláo.
  The soul is the prison of the body.

Words starting with 牢

• 牢固láo gùfirm; secure
• 牢骚láo sāodiscontent; complaint; to complain
• 牢牢láo láofirmly; safely
• 牢房láo fángjail cell; prison cell
• 牢记láo jìto keep in mind; to remember
• 牢狱láo yùprison
• 牢笼láo lóngcage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
• 牢靠láo kàofirm and solid; robust; reliable
• 牢友láo yǒuinmate; cellmate
• 牢子láo zǐjailer (old)
• 牢实láo shisolid; strong; firm
• 牢头láo tóujailer (old)
• 牢不可破láo bù kě pò(idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid
• 牢狱之灾láo yù zhī zāiimprisonment
• 牢什子láo shí zivariant of 劳什子

Words containing 牢

• 坐牢zuò láoto be imprisoned
• 发牢骚fā láo sāoto whine; to be grouchy
• 监牢jiān láoprison; jail
• 地牢dì láoprison; dungeon
• 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly…
• 嘴牢zuǐ láotight-lipped
• 坚牢jiān láostrong; firm
• 大牢dà láoprison
• 太牢tài láo(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
• 套牢tào láoto immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market
• 水牢shuǐ láoprison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed
• 筑牢zhù láoto fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish…
• 记牢jì láoto commit to memory
• 吃牢饭chī láo fàn(colloquial) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system…
• 画地为牢huà dì wéi láolit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)…
• 身陷牢狱shēn xiàn láo yùto go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 盯牢dīng láoto gaze intently at; to scrutinize
• 满腹牢骚mǎn fù láo sāolit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining
• 钉牢dīng láoto clinch (a nail); to nail down
• 身陷牢笼shēn xiàn láo lóngfallen into a trap
• 陷入牢笼xiàn rù láo lóngto fall into a trap; ensnared
• 蹲大牢dūn dà láoto be behind bars
• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láoa youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
• 蹲牢dūn láosee 蹲大牢

Characters that look like 牢

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

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 宗zōngschool; sect; purpose
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 帘liánflag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘

Sounds the same

Read láo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 唠used in 唠叨
• 铹lawrencium (chemistry)
• 崂name of a mountain in Shandong
• 痨tuberculosis
• 醪wine or liquor with sediment
• 哰used in 㘓哰
• 窂variant of 牢