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痨

láo

Character Traditional 癆

What 痨 means

1. tuberculosis

Example sentences

• 我室友是个话痨。
  Wǒ shìyǒu shì gè huàláo.
  My roommate is too talkative.

Words starting with 痨

• 痨病láo bìngtuberculosis (TCM)
• 痨病鬼láo bìng guǐ(derog.) tubercular person; a consumptive
• 痨瘵láo zhài(literary) tuberculosis

Words containing 痨

• 肺痨fèi láotuberculosis
• 话痨huà láochatterer
• 馋痨chán láogluttony
• 五痨七伤wǔ láo qī shāngvariant of 五劳七伤

Characters built on 劳

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

• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 涝làoflooded
• 崂láoname of a mountain in Shandong
• 铹láolawrencium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read láo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 牢(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 唠used in 唠叨
• 铹lawrencium (chemistry)
• 崂name of a mountain in Shandong
• 醪wine or liquor with sediment
• 哰used in 㘓哰
• 窂variant of 牢