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螺

luó

Character

What 螺 means

1. spiral shell
2. snail
3. conch

Example sentences

• 蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.
  Wōniúké shì luóxuánxíng de.
  A snail's shell is spiral in form.
• 螺栓我找到了，螺帽在哪里？
  I've got the bolts. Where are the nuts?
• 现在你只要拧紧螺丝，就大功告成了。
  Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.
• 他在墙上钻了个洞，把膨胀螺栓塞进去，拧上一颗螺丝，然后在螺丝上挂了一幅阿尔卑斯山的画。
  He drilled a hole in the wall, pushed a Rawlplug into it, screwed in a screw, and hung on the screw a picture of the Alps.

Words starting with 螺

• 螺丝钉luó sī dīngscrew
• 螺丝luó sīscrew
• 螺旋luó xuánspiral; helix; screw
• 螺丝刀luó sī dāoscrewdriver
• 螺蛳luó sīriver snail
• 螺刀luó dāoscrewdriver
• 螺母luó mǔnut (female component of nut and bolt)
• 螺纹luó wénspiral pattern; whorl of fingerprint; thread of screw
• 螺线luó xiànspiral
• 螺号luó hàoconch; shell as horn for signaling
• 螺距luó jùpitch of spiral; pitch of screw
• 螺旋形luó xuán xíngspiral
• 螺旋粉luó xuán fěnfusilli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
• 螺旋体luó xuán tǐSpirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria; spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing…
• 螺旋面luó xuán miànfusilli (pasta)
• 螺丝母luó sī mǔnut (female component of nut and bolt)
• 螺丝粉luó sī fěngemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
• 螺丝钻luó sī zuànauger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
• 螺线管luó xiàn guǎnsolenoid; coil
• 螺杆luó gǎnscrew
• 螺旋曲面luó xuán qū miànspiral surface
• 螺丝起子luó sī qǐ ziscrewdriver
• 螺旋测微器luó xuán cè wēi qìmicrometer screw gauge; micrometer
• 螺帽luó màonut (female component of nut and bolt)

Words containing 螺

• 海螺hǎi luósea snail; whelk; conch
• 田螺tián luóriver snail
• 陀螺tuó luóspinning top; gyroscope
• 吃螺丝chī luó sī(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
• 杀螺剂shā luó jìsnail poison
• 福寿螺fú shòu luógiant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China…
• 玉螺yù luómoon snail (sea snail of the Naticidae family)
• 包氏螺旋体Bāo shì luó xuán tǐBorrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
• 包柔氏螺旋体Bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐBorrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
• 方头螺帽fāng tóu luó màosquare headed nut
• 陀螺仪tuó luó yígyroscope
• 指尖陀螺zhǐ jiān tuó luófidget spinner
• 幽门螺旋菌yōu mén luó xuán jūnHelicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 幽门螺杆菌yōu mén luó gǎn jūnHelicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 幽门螺旋杆菌yōu mén luó xuán gǎn jūnHelicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 钉螺dīng luóOncomelania
• 钩端螺旋体病gōu duān luó xuán tǐ bìngleptospirosis
• 龟甲宝螺guī jiǎ bǎo luóMauritius cowry; Mauritia mauritiana
• 碧螺春bì luó chūnbiluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near…
• 鹦鹉螺yīng wǔ luónautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell)
• 芋螺毒素yù luó dú sùconotoxin
• 瘪螺痧biě luó shācholera (with dehydration)
• 六角螺帽liù jiǎo luó màohexagonal nut
• 十字螺丝刀shí zì luó sī dāoPhillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip)

Characters built on 累

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

• 骡luómule
• 摞luòto pile up; to stack; a pile
• 漯luòused in 漯河
• 瘰luǒused in 瘰疬

Characters that look like 螺

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

• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 檬méngused in 柠檬
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read luó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逻patrol
• 罗gauze; to collect; to gather
• 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