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禄

lù

Character Traditional 祿

What 禄 means

1. good fortune
2. official salary

Example sentences

• 当西班牙殖民了菲律宾时，是从墨西哥城管理它的。于是他加禄语是收到了墨西哥式西班牙语的影响，而不卡斯蒂利亚式的。
  Dāng Xībānyá zhímín le Fēilǜbīn shí, shì cóng Mòxīgē Chéng guǎnlǐ tā de. Yúshì Tājiālùyǔ shì shōudào le Mòxīgē shì Xībānyáyǔ de yǐngxiǎng, ér bù Kǎsīdìlìyà shì de.
  When Spain colonized the Philippines, they were administrated by Mexico City. So it was Mexican Spanish, not Castilian Spanish, that influenced Tagalog.

Words starting with 禄

• 禄位lù wèiofficial rank and salary
• 禄命lù mìngperson's lot through life
• 禄星lù xīngStar God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
• 禄秩lù zhìofficial rank and pay
• 禄籍lù jígood fortune and reputation
• 禄食lù shíofficial pay
• 禄养lù yǎngto support sb with official pay
• 禄丰市Lù fēng ShìLufeng, a county-level city in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州
• 禄饵lù ěrofficial pay as bait (for talent)
• 禄俸lù fèngofficial pay
• 禄蠹lù dùsinecurist
• 禄劝彝族苗族自治县Lù quàn Yí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànLuquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市
• 禄劝Lù quànsee 禄劝彝族苗族自治县
• 禄丰Lù fēngsee 禄丰市
• 禄劝县Lù quàn Xiànsee 禄劝彝族苗族自治县

Words containing 禄

• 世禄shì lùhereditary benefits such as rank and wealth
• 利禄lì lùwealth and official post
• 回禄huí lùtraditional Fire God; destruction by fire
• 天禄tiān lùauspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail…
• 尸禄shī lùto hold a sinecure
• 怀禄huái lùto yearn for a high official position
• 无禄wú lùto be unsalaried; to be unfortunate; death
• 爵禄jué lùrank and emolument of nobility
• 祉禄zhǐ lùhappiness and wealth
• 秩禄zhì lùofficial salaries
• 美禄Měi lùNestlé Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water)
• 苏禄Sū lùold term for Sulawesi or Celebes 苏拉威西
• 逃禄táo lùto avoid employment
• 食禄shí lùto draw government pay; to be in public service; salary of an official
• 伯多禄Bó duō lùPeter (Catholic transliteration)
• 光禄勋guāng lù xūnminister of the imperial household
• 安禄山Ān Lù shānAn Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之乱
• 李天禄Lǐ Tiān lùLi Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
• 葛逻禄Gě luó lùQarluq or Karluk nomadic tribe, a Turkic ethnic minority in ancient times
• 世禄之家shì lù zhī jiāfamily with hereditary emoluments
• 他加禄语Tā jiā lù yǔTagalog (language)
• 光禄大夫guāng lù dài fuhonorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
• 功名利禄gōng míng lì lùposition and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
• 加官进禄jiā guān jìn lùpromotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

Characters built on 录

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

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 氯lǜchlorine (chemistry)
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 箓lùrecord book; archive; Taoist written charm; document of prophecy attesting to dynastic…
• 逯lùto walk cautiously; to walk aimlessly
• 渌lùclear (water); strain liquids

Characters that look like 禄

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

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 裸luǒnaked
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 棣dìKerria japonica
• 搡sǎngto push forcefully; to shove

Sounds the same

Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 路road; journey; route
• 录to carve wood
• 露dew; syrup; nectar
• 陆(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
• 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 赂bribe; bribery
• 鹿deer
• 璐beautiful jade
• 六used in place names
• 绿used in names
• 麓foot of a hill
• 鹭heron