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驴

lǘ

Character Traditional 驢 Measure word 头

What 驴 means

1. donkey

Other readings

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

• lǘvariant of {驴|lǘ}

Example sentences

• 我有一头驴。
  I have a donkey.
• 马跟驴可分别。
  Mǎ gēn lǘ kě fēnbié.
  Horses are distinct from donkeys.
• 杰西鞭策小毛驴前进。
  Jiéxī biāncè xiǎo máolǘ qiánjìn.
  Jessie urged the little donkey forward.
• 那不是只马，是只驴子。
  Nà bù shì zhī mǎ, shì zhī lǘzi.
  It is a donkey rather than a horse.

Words starting with 驴

• 驴子lǘ zidonkey; ass
• 驴友lǘ yǒubackpacker; travel buddy
• 驴肝肺lǘ gān fèi(lit.) a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
• 驴唇不对马嘴lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark…
• 驴驹子lǘ jū zidonkey foal
• 驴骡lǘ luóhinny
• 驴年马月lǘ nián mǎ yuèsee 猴年马月
• 驴唇马嘴lǘ chún mǎ zuǐsee 驴唇不对马嘴

Words containing 驴

• 毛驴máo lǘdonkey
• 叫驴jiào lǘ(colloquial) male donkey
• 婚驴hūn lǘ(derog.) (slang) married woman…
• 母驴mǔ lǘjenny; female donkey
• 蠢驴chǔn lǘsilly ass
• 野驴yě lǘonager (Equus onager)
• 电驴diàn lǘ(slang) electric bicycle or scooter (moped-style)
• 骚驴sāo lǘjackass
• 小电驴xiǎo diàn lǘ(colloquial) electric scooter; electric moped; (dialect) scooter
• 电驴子diàn lǘ zi(dialect) motorcycle
• 博士买驴bó shì mǎi lǘ(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even…
• 卸磨杀驴xiè mò shā lǘlit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)…
• 非驴非马fēi lǘ fēi mǎneither fish nor fowl; resembling nothing on earth
• 骑驴找马qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ(idiom; colloquial) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc)…
• 骑驴找驴qí lǘ zhǎo lǘlit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)…
• 秃驴tū lǘ(derog.) Buddhist monk
• 黔驴技穷Qián lǘ jì qióngto exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
• 好心当成驴肝肺hǎo xīn dàng chéng lǘ gān fèi(saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will
• 懒驴上磨屎尿多lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working…
• 别人牵驴你拔橛子bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zilit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to…
• 骑驴觅驴qí lǘ mì lǘsee 骑驴找驴
• 人家牵驴你拔橛rén jiā qiān lǘ nǐ bá juésee 别人牵驴你拔橛子

Characters built on 户

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

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 驴

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

• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 邬Wūsurname Wu; ancient place name
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Sounds the same

Read lǘ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 闾gate of a village; village
• 榈palm tree
• 藘madder