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遛

liù

Character

What 遛 means

1. to stroll
2. to walk (an animal)

Other readings

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

• liúused in {逗遛|dòu liú}

Example sentences

• 请去遛狗。
  Walk the dog, please.
• 我每天早上到公园里遛狗。
  Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang dào gōngyuán lǐ liùgǒu.
  I walk my dog in the park every morning.
• 我们每天早上到公园里遛狗。
  Wǒmen měitiān zǎoshang dào gōngyuán lǐ liùgǒu.
  Every morning we take the dog for a walk in the park.
• 汤姆鬼鬼祟祟地遛近了玛丽身后。
  Tāngmǔ guǐguǐsuìsuì de liū jìn le Mǎlì shēnhòu.
  Tom sneaked up behind Mary.
• 你可以骑上我的摩托车去遛一圈。
  You can have a ride on my motorcycle.

Words starting with 遛

• 遛娃liù wá(colloquial) to take one's child out for a walk
• 遛弯liù wān(dialect) to take a walk; to go for a stroll
• 遛狗liù gǒuto walk a dog
• 遛弯儿liù wān rerhua variant of 遛弯

Words containing 遛

• 是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liulit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)…
• 逗遛dòu liúvariant of 逗留
• 是骡子是马，拉出来遛遛shì luó zi shì mǎ , lā chū lai liù liusee 是騾子是馬，是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛

Characters built on 留

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

• 瘤liútumor
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 榴liúpomegranate
• 馏liúto distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝liúbay horse with black mane
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜
• 镏liú(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium

Characters that look like 遛

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

• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 湾wānbay; gulf; to cast anchor
• 滚gǔnto boil; to roll; to take a hike
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape

Sounds the same

Read liù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 六six; 6
• 溜swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient…
• 碌used in 碌碡; Taiwan pr. lù
• 陆six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹓to stroll; walk a horse
• 霤dripping of rain from eaves
• 〦numeral 6 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 鹨pipit (genus Anthus)
• 翏the sound of the wind; to soar
• 馏to steam; to cook in a steamer; to reheat cold food by steaming it
• 镏(bound form) finger ring; Taiwan pr. liú