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陆

lù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 陸

What 陆 means

1. bound formland (as opposed to the sea)

Other readings

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

• liùsix (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• Lùsurname Lu

Example sentences

• 你着陆了。
  You landed.
• 他加入了陆军。
  Tā jiārù le lùjūn.
  He entered the army.
• 他从大陆回来了。
  He returned from China.
• 这架飞机安全着陆了。
  Zhè jià fēijī ānquán zhuólù le.
  The airplane made a safe landing.
• 飞机在成田机场着陆。
  The airplane landed at Narita Airport.
• 这架飞机完美的着陆了。
  Zhè jià fēijī wánměi de zhuólù le.
  The plane made a perfect landing.

Words starting with 陆

• 陆续lù xùin turn; successively; one after the other
• 陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
• 陆军lù jūnarmy; ground forces
• 陆陆续续lù lù xù xùin succession; one after another; continuously
• 陆游Lù YóuLu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
• 陆上lù shàngland-based; on land
• 陆路lù lùland route; overland route
• 陆羽Lù YǔLu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
• 陆委会Lù wěi huìMainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陆委员会
• 陆劳Lù láolaborer from mainland China (Tw)
• 陆坡lù pōcontinental slope (boundary of continental shelf)
• 陆基lù jīland-based
• 陆客lù kè(Taiwan) (neologism c. 2008) mainland Chinese tourist
• 陆战lù zhàn(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
• 陆架lù jiàcontinental shelf
• 陆栖lù qī(of an animal) terrestrial; land-based
• 陆机Lù JīLu Ji (261-303), Chinese writer and literary critic
• 陆港Lù Gǎngmainland China and Hong Kong
• 陆生lù shēngterrestrial (animal, species)
• 陆贝lù bèiland snail
• 陆运lù yùnland transport
• 陆配lù pèi(Taiwan) spouse from mainland China
• 陆龟lù guītortoise
• 陆克文Lù Kè wénChinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin…

Words containing 陆

• 大陆dà lùcontinent; mainland
• 登陆dēng lùto land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
• 着陆zhuó lùlanding; touchdown; to land
• 内陆nèi lùinland; interior
• 新大陆xīn dà lùthe New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 旧大陆
• 奥斯陆Ào sī lùOslo, capital of Norway
• 水陆shuǐ lùwater and land; by water and land (transport); amphibian
• 光怪陆离guāng guài lù límonstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated
• 海军陆战队hǎi jūn lù zhàn duìmarine corps; marines
• 海陆hǎi lùsea and land
• 硬陆yìng lùto have a hard landing (economy)
• 马陆mǎ lùmillipede
• 下陆区Xià lù QūXialu, a district of Huangshi City 黄石市
• 内陆国nèi lù guólandlocked country
• 内陆河nèi lù héinland river; river draining to inland sea
• 大陆坡dà lù pōcontinental slope (boundary of continental shelf)
• 大陆块dà lù kuàicontinental plates (geology)
• 大陆妹dà lù mèi(in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland; (Taiwan) Fushan lettuce 福山莴苣
• 大陆客dà lù kè(Taiwan) tourist from mainland China; illegal immigrant from mainland China
• 大陆性dà lù xìngcontinental
• 大陆架dà lù jiàcontinental shelf
• 安陆市Ān lù ShìAnlu, a county-level city in Xiaogan City 孝感市
• 平陆县Píng lù XiànPinglu, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市
• 次大陆cì dà lùsubcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)

Characters that look like 陆

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

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 肠chángintestines
• 陋lòulow; humble; plain
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 肱gōngupper arm; arm

Sounds the same

Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 路road; journey; route
• 录to carve wood
• 露dew; syrup; nectar
• 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 赂bribe; bribery
• 鹿deer
• 禄good fortune; official salary
• 璐beautiful jade
• 六used in place names
• 绿used in names
• 麓foot of a hill
• 鹭heron