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络

luò

HSK 5 Character Traditional 絡

What 络 means

1. net-like object
2. to hold sth in place with a net
3. to wind
4. to twist
5. (TCM) channels in the human body

Other readings

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

• làosmall net

Example sentences

• 保持联络！
  Keep in touch!
• 网络连不上。
  The internet is not connecting.
• 我讨厌网络。
  I hate the internet.
• 让我们保持联络。
  Let's keep in touch.
• 我不玩网络游戏。
  I don't play internet games.
• 你联络上他了吗？
  Did you get in touch with him?

Words starting with 络

• 络绎不绝luò yì bù jué(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
• 络腮胡子luò sāi hú zifull beard
• 络绎luò yìcontinuous; unending

Words containing 络

• 网络wǎng luònetwork (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)
• 联络lián luòto get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with)
• 脉络mài luòarteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal)
• 互联网络hù lián wǎng luònetwork
• 经络jīng luòenergy channels; meridian (TCM); (dialect) trick
• 笼络lǒng luòto coax; to beguile; to win over
• 热络rè luòintimate; friendly; warm
• 口络kǒu luòmuzzle (over a dog's mouth)
• 网络客wǎng luò kèonline customer
• 联络人lián luò rén(Taiwan) contact person
• 联络官lián luò guānliaison officer
• 主干网络zhǔ gàn wǎng luòcore network
• 以太网络Yǐ tài wǎng luòEthernet
• 区域网络qū yù wǎng luòlocal area network; LAN
• 国际网络guó jì wǎng luòglobal network; Internet
• 数据网络shù jù wǎng luòdata network
• 无线网络wú xiàn wǎng luòwireless network; Wi-Fi
• 神经网络shén jīng wǎng luòneural network
• 网络协议wǎng luò xié yìnetwork protocol
• 网络安全wǎng luò ān quáncybersecurity
• 网络广告wǎng luò guǎng gàoonline advertising
• 网络应用wǎng luò yìng yòngnetwork application
• 网络技术wǎng luò jì shùnetwork technology
• 网络日记wǎng luò rì jìblog; weblog; same as 博客

Characters built on 各

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

• 洛luòused in transliteration
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 珞luòneck-ornament
• 雒luòblack horse with white mane; fearful

Characters that look like 络

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill
• 赂lùbribe; bribery
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 绥suíto pacify; Taiwan pr. suī

Sounds the same

Read luò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 落to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 洛used in transliteration
• 摞to pile up; to stack; a pile
• 烙used in 炮烙
• 咯to cough up; also pr. kǎ
• 珞neck-ornament
• 骆camel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 漯used in 漯河
• 泺name of a river
• 雒black horse with white mane; fearful
• 荦brindled ox; clear; eminent
• 纙string on which coins are strung