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聋

lóng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 聾

What 聋 means

1. deaf

Example sentences

• 她也聋了。
  She is also deaf.
• 汤姆是聋哑人。
  Tom is deaf and mute.
• 她又盲又聋又哑。
  Tā yòu máng yòu lóng yòu yā.
  She was blind, deaf, and mute.
• 聋哑的人用手语说话。
  Lóngyǎ de rén yòng shǒuyǔ shuōhuà.
  Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
• 有人告诉我这个男孩耳聋。
  Yǒurén gàosu wǒ zhège nánhái ěrlóng.
  Someone told me that this boy cannot hear.
• 海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
  Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
  Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.

Words starting with 聋

• 聋哑lóng yǎdeaf and nonverbal
• 聋子lóng zideaf person
• 聋人lóng réndeaf person; hearing-impaired person
• 聋哑人lóng yǎ réna deaf and mute person
• 聋胞lóng bāohearing impaired person (Tw)
• 聋聩lóng kuìdeaf; fig. stupid and ignorant

Words containing 聋

• 震耳欲聋zhèn ěr yù lóngear-splitting (idiom); deafening
• 耳聋ěr lóngdeaf
• 震聋zhèn lóngto deafen
• 眼瞎耳聋yǎn xiā ěr lóngto be deaf and blind (idiom)
• 装聋作哑zhuāng lóng zuò yǎto play deaf-mute
• 振聋发聩zhèn lóng fā kuìlit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
• 发聋振聩fā lóng zhèn kuìlit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic

Characters built on 龙

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

• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

Characters that look like 聋

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

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong

Sounds the same

Read lóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 龙Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 隆grand; intense; prosperous
• 笼enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 咙used in 喉咙
• 泷rapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)
• 胧used in 朦胧
• 珑tinkling of gem-pendants
• 窿cavity; hole
• 茏Polygonum posumbu
• 砻(dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill)…
• 眬used in 蒙眬
• 巃steep; precipitous (of mountain)