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萝

luó

Character Traditional 蘿

What 萝 means

1. radish

Example sentences

• 菠萝坏了。
  The pineapple has gone bad.
• 她讨厌胡萝卜。
  She hates carrots.
• 胡萝卜多少钱？
  How much do the carrots cost?
• 胡萝卜我来切吧。
  Let me cut the carrots.
• 让我来切胡萝卜。
  Let me cut the carrots.
• 胡萝卜要三美元。
  The carrots cost three dollars.

Words starting with 萝

• 萝卜luó boradish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon
• 萝莉luó lìa Lolita (young, cute girl)
• 萝北县Luó běi XiànLuobei, a county in Hegang City 鹤岗市
• 萝莉控luó lì kònglolicon or rorikon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young girls in an…
• 萝卜糕luó bo gāoradish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
• 萝卜丝饼luó bo sī bǐngshredded daikon pie
• 萝卜快了不洗泥luó bo kuài le bù xǐ níwhen radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them…
• 萝卜白菜，各有所爱luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài(saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
• 萝北Luó běisee 萝北县
• 萝艻luó lèold variant of 罗勒
• 萝卜青菜，各有所爱luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ àisee 蘿蔔白菜，萝卜白菜，各有所爱

Words containing 萝

• 胡萝卜hú luó bocarrot
• 菠萝bō luópineapple
• 小萝卜头xiǎo luó bo tou(colloquial) kid; little tyke
• 红萝卜hóng luó bocarrot; red radish
• 白萝卜bái luó bodaikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
• 绿萝lǜ luópothos (Epipremnum aureum)
• 水萝卜shuǐ luó bosmall red radish
• 小红萝卜xiǎo hóng luó bosmall red radish
• 空心萝卜kōng xīn luó bouseless person
• 胡萝卜素hú luó bo sùcarotene
• 野胡萝卜yě hú luó bocarrot (Daucus carota)
• 心里美萝卜xīn li měi luó boChinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the…
• 花心大萝卜huā xīn dà luó bo(colloquial) womanizer; skirt-chaser
• 樱桃萝卜yīng táo luó bosmall red radish
• 木菠萝mù bō luójackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus
• 树菠萝shù bō luójackfruit
• 菠萝包bō luó bāopineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong…
• 菠萝啤bō luó pípineapple-flavored soda
• 菠萝油bō luó yóupineapple bun 菠萝包
• 菠萝蜜bō luó mìjackfruit
• 大树菠萝dà shù bō luójackfruit
• 莳萝shí luódill (herb, Anethum graveolens)
• 欧莳萝Ōu shí luócumin (Cuminum cyminum)
• 莳萝籽shí luó zǐdill seed

Characters built on 罗

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

• 逻luópatrol
• 啰luōused in 啰唆
• 锣luógong
• 箩luóbasket
• 猡luóused in 猪猡
• 椤luósee 桫椤

Characters that look like 萝

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

• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read luó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逻patrol
• 罗gauze; to collect; to gather
• 螺spiral shell; snail; conch
• 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