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腊

là

Character Traditional 臘

What 腊 means

1. ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month
2. the 12th lunar month
3. bound form(of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month

Other readings

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

• xīdried meat; also pr. xí
• làold variant of {腊|là}

Example sentences

• 他生在希腊。
  He was born in Greece.
• 我是希腊人。
  I am Greek.
• 希腊语很难。
  Greek is difficult.
• 用希腊语说吧！
  Yòng Xīlàyǔ shuō ba!
  Say it in Greek!
• 希腊语很难学。
  Greek is difficult to learn.
• 汤姆是希腊人。
  Tom is Greek.

Words starting with 腊

• 腊月Là yuètwelfth lunar month
• 腊肉là ròumeat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
• 腊梅là méiwintersweet; Japanese allspice; Chimonanthus praecox
• 腊克là kèlacquer (loanword)
• 腊肠là chángsausage
• 腊八节là bā jiéLaba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
• 腊八粥là bā zhōuLaba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the…

Words containing 腊

• 希腊Xī làGreece
• 古希腊gǔ Xī làancient Greece
• 希腊文Xī là wénGreek literature
• 希腊语Xī là yǔGreek language
• 方腊Fāng LàFang La
• 烧腊shāo làsiu mei (烧味
• 真腊Zhēn làKhmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia; Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
• 老腊肉lǎo là ròu(colloquial) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man
• 古希腊语Gǔ Xī là yǔAncient Greek (language)
• 希腊字母Xī là zì mǔGreek alphabet
• 苏门答腊Sū mén dá làSumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
• 苏门答腊岛Sū mén dá là DǎoSumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
• 残冬腊月cán dōng là yuèfinal days of the lunar year
• 奥腊涅斯塔德Ào là niè sī tǎ déOranjestad, capital of Aruba 阿鲁巴
• 勐腊县Měng là XiànMengla, a county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture 西双版纳傣族自治州
• 苏门达腊Sū mén dá làvariant of 苏门答腊
• 勐腊Měng làsee 勐腊县

Characters built on 月

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

• 腌āused in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. āng
• 臜zāused in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. zāng
• 肭nàused in 腽肭

Characters that look like 腊

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

• 猎lièhunting
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 腔qiāng(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 腈jīngacrylic

Sounds the same

Read là, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辣hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 蜡candle; wax
• 落to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring
• 剌perverse; unreasonable; absurd
• 拉used in 拉拉蛄; variant of 落
• 瘌scabies; scald-head
• 镴solder; tin
• 蝲used in 蝲蛄; used in 蝲蝲蛄
• 攋to destroy; to rip; to tear open
• 楋(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
• 鬎bald; scabby
• 䗶old variant of 蜡