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罗

luó

Character Traditional 羅

What 罗 means

1. gauze
2. to collect
3. to gather
4. to catch
5. to sift

Other readings

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

• Luósurname Luo

Example sentences

• 别多罗嗦。
  Bié duō luōsuo.
  Quiet down.
• 萨米爱开罗。
  Sà mǐ ài Kāiluó.
  Sami loves Cairo.
• 我去过罗马。
  I have been to Rome.
• 我住在罗马。
  I lived in Rome.
• 这是俄罗斯！
  This is Russia!
• 那些俄罗斯人啊
  Nàxiē éluósīrén ā
  Ah, those Russians!

Words starting with 罗

• 罗马Luó mǎRome, capital of Italy; (historical) Ancient Rome
• 罗斯Luó sī(name) Ross; Rose; Roth; Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基辅罗斯
• 罗马尼亚Luó mǎ ní yàRomania
• 罗汉luó hàn(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿罗汉
• 罗列luó lièto list; to enumerate; (of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out
• 罗马帝国Luó mǎ Dì guóRoman Empire
• 罗文Luó WénRoman Tam (1945–2002), Canto-pop singer
• 罗杰Luó jiéRoger
• 罗曼蒂克luó màn dì kè(loanword) romantic
• 罗拉luó lāroller (loanword)
• 罗盘luó páncompass
• 罗杰斯Luó jié sīRogers
• 罗布luó bùto display; to spread out; to distribute
• 罗伯茨Luó bó cíRoberts
• 罗布泊Luó bù pōLop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed
• 罗曼史luó màn shǐromance (loanword); love affair
• 罗利Luó lìRaleigh, capital of North Carolina
• 罗口luó kǒurib collar; rib top of socks
• 罗格Luó géLogue or Rogge (name); Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• 罗经luó jīngcompass; same as 罗盘
• 罗网luó wǎngnet; fishing net; bird net
• 罗织luó zhīto frame sb; to cook up imaginary charges against sb
• 罗预luó yù(old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit)
• 罗安达Luó ān dáLuanda, capital of Angola

Words containing 罗

• 俄罗斯É luó sīRussia
• 保罗Bǎo luóPaul
• 波罗Bō luóPolo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo
• 张罗zhāng luoto take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
• 摩托罗拉Mó tuō luó lāMotorola
• 开罗Kāi luóCairo, capital of Egypt
• 佛罗伦萨Fó luó lún sàFlorence, Italy
• 巴塞罗那Bā sài luó nàBarcelona, Spain
• 普罗pǔ luóproletariat (loanword); abbr. for 普罗列塔利亚
• 古罗马gǔ Luó mǎancient Rome
• 尼罗河Ní luó Héthe Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
• 阿波罗Ā bō luóApollo (loanword)
• 搜罗sōu luóto gather; to collect; to bring together
• 哈罗hā luóhello (loanword)
• 白俄罗斯Bái é luó sīBelarus
• 紫罗兰zǐ luó lán(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet
• 佛罗里达Fó luó lǐ dáFlorida
• 波罗的海Bō luó dì HǎiBaltic Sea
• 施罗德Shī luó dé(name) Schröder; Gerhard Schröder (1944–), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998–2005
• 网罗wǎng luónet for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare…
• 克罗地亚Kè luó dì yàCroatia
• 圣保罗Shèng bǎo luóSt Paul; São Paulo, city in Brazil
• 包罗万象bāo luó wàn xiàngall-embracing; all-inclusive
• 佐罗Zuǒ luóZorro

Characters that look like 罗

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

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 苜mùclover

Sounds the same

Read luó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逻patrol
• 螺spiral shell; snail; conch
• 萝radish
• 啰used in 啰唣
• 锣gong
• 骡mule
• 箩basket
• 猡used in 猪猡
• 㑩used in 偻㑩
• 脶fingerprint
• 鸁grebe; wren
• 椤see 桫椤