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芦

lú

Character Traditional 蘆

What 芦 means

1. rush
2. reed
3. Phragmites communis

Example sentences

• 他葫芦里不知卖的是什么药？
  Tā húlu lǐ bù zhī mài de shì shénme yào?
  I wonder what he's up to.
• 他葫芦里不知卖的是什幺药？
  I wonder what he's up to.
• 汤姆吃芦笋，但是他弟弟不吃。
  Tāngmǔ chī lúsǔn, dànshì tā dìdi bù chī.
  Tom eats asparagus, but his brother doesn't.
• 汤姆爱吃芦笋，但是他的弟弟不爱吃。
  Tom likes asparagus, but his brother doesn't.
• 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、西葫芦和大白菜。
  Jiějie zài shìchǎng mǎi le yīdiǎn qiézi, tǔdòu, xīhúlu hé dàbáicài.
  Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.

Words starting with 芦

• 芦苇lú wěireed
• 芦花lú huāreed catkin; reed flower
• 芦席lú xíreed mat
• 芦根lú gēnreed rhizome (used in TCM)
• 芦洞Lú dòngRodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles
• 芦洲Lú zhōuLuzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市
• 芦管lú guǎnreed pipe
• 芦山县Lú shān XiànLushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市
• 芦柴棒lú chái bàngreed stem; (fig.) extremely skinny person
• 芦洲市Lú zhōu shìLuzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市
• 芦溪县Lú xī XiànLuxi, a county in Pingxiang City 萍乡市
• 芦花黄雀lú huā huáng quèoriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
• 芦苇荡lú wěi dàngreedy wetland
• 芦笙lú shēngreed-pipe wind instrument
• 芦荟lú huìaloe vera
• 芦笋lú sǔnasparagus
• 芦苇莺lú wěi yīng(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
• 芦荻lú díreeds
• 芦淞区Lú sōng QūLusong, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市
• 芦山Lú shānsee 芦山县
• 芦溪Lú xīsee 芦溪县
• 芦沟桥Lú gōu Qiáovariant of 卢沟桥
• 芦鳗lú mánvariant of 鲈鳗
• 芦淞Lú sōngsee 芦淞区

Words containing 芦

• 糖葫芦táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 葫芦hú lucalabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist…
• 冰糖葫芦bīng táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 提壶芦tí hú lúunidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems
• 胡芦巴hú lú bāfenugreek
• 宝葫芦bǎo hú lumagic gourd, granting your every wish
• 闷葫芦mèn hú lulit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery
• 水葫芦shuǐ hú luwater hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
• 葫芦巴hú lú bāfenugreek
• 葫芦丝hú lú sīhulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
• 西葫芦xī hú luzucchini; courgette; baby marrow
• 马葫芦mǎ hú lu(dialect; loanword) manhole
• 手扳葫芦shǒu bān hú lulever hoist pulley
• 手拉葫芦shǒu lā hú luhand chain pulley block
• 手板葫芦shǒu bǎn hú lulever pulley block
• 气动葫芦qì dòng hú lupneumatic hoist pulley
• 葫芦岛市Hú lú dǎo ShìHuludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 起重葫芦qǐ chóng hú luhoist pulley
• 电动葫芦diàn dòng hú luelectric chain pulley block
• 依样画葫芦yī yàng huà hú lulit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without…
• 宝葫芦的秘密Bǎo hú lu de Mì mìSecret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 张天翼
• 依葫芦画瓢yī hú lu huà piáolit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)…
• 照葫芦画瓢zhào hú lu huà piáolit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly
• 按下葫芦浮起瓢àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáosolve one problem only to find another cropping up

Characters built on 户

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

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 芦

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

• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 斧fǔhatchet
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 畀bìto confer on; to give to

Sounds the same

Read lú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炉stove; furnace
• 卢(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐
• 庐hut
• 颅forehead; skull
• 泸old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
• 鲈common perch; bass
• 鸬used in 鸬鹚
• 胪belly; skin; to state
• 轳used in 辘轳
• 垆clay; shop
• 籚basket made of rush; spear-shaft
• 栌capital (of column); smoke tree