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锣

luó

Character Traditional 鑼 Measure word 面

What 锣 means

1. gong

Example sentences

• 我要铜锣烧！
  I want Dorayaki!

Words starting with 锣

• 锣鼓luó gǔgongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
• 锣声luó shēngsound of gong
• 锣鼓点luó gǔ diǎnChinese percussion fixed pattern; percussion rhythm
• 锣齐鼓不齐luó qí gǔ bù qí(idiom) not well coordinated

Words containing 锣

• 铜锣湾Tóng luó WānCauseway Bay
• 紧锣密鼓jǐn luó mì gǔ(lit.) urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom); (fig.) to urgently prepare for an…
• 敲锣qiāo luóto beat a gong
• 铜锣tóng luógong
• 开锣kāi luóto beat the gong to open a performance
• 鸣锣míng luóto beat a gong
• 铜锣烧tóng luó shāodorayaki (a Japanese confection)
• 敲打锣鼓qiāo dǎ luó gǔlit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb; a provocation
• 敲锣边儿qiāo luó biān erto strike the edge of the gong; (fig.) to stir the pot…
• 终场锣声zhōng chǎng luó shēngthe final bell (esp. in sports competition)
• 开台锣鼓kāi tái luó gǔopening gong; gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
• 开锣喝道kāi luó hè dàoto clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
• 鸣锣开道míng luó kāi dàoto beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth
• 厮锣sī luósmall gong
• 当面锣，对面鼓dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔlit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom); fig. to come together to thrash out…
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīnto understand the unspoken implications (idiom)

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
• 萝luóradish
• 啰luōused in 啰唆
• 箩luóbasket
• 猡luóused in 猪猡
• 椤luósee 桫椤

Characters that look like 锣

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 铿kēng(onomatopoeia) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

Sounds the same

Read luó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逻patrol
• 罗gauze; to collect; to gather
• 螺spiral shell; snail; conch
• 萝radish
• 啰used in 啰唣
• 骡mule
• 箩basket
• 猡used in 猪猡
• 㑩used in 偻㑩
• 脶fingerprint
• 鸁grebe; wren
• 椤see 桫椤