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骆

luò

Character Traditional 駱

What 骆 means

1. camel
2. white horse with a black mane (archaic)

Other readings

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

• Luòsurname Luo

Example sentences

• 她骑着骆驼。
  Tā qí zhe luòtuo.
  She rode a camel.
• 骆驼是沙漠之舟。
  Luòtuo shì shāmò zhī zhōu.
  A camel is to the desert what a ship is to the sea.
• 萨米有峰巨大的骆驼。
  Sami has a huge camel.
• 骆驼可以撑很久不吃不喝。
  The camel can go a long time without water and food.
• 骆驼，这么说吧，也就是沙漠中的船。
  Luòtuo, zhème shuō ba, yějiùshì shāmò zhōng de chuán.
  A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.
• 骆驼，这幺说吧，也就是沙漠中的船。
  A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.

Words starting with 骆

• 骆驼luò tuocamel; (colloquial) blockhead; ninny
• 骆马luò mǎllama
• 骆宾王Luò Bīn wángLuo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四杰
• 骆驼祥子Luò tuo Xiáng ziCamel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍

Words containing 骆

• 卡骆驰Kǎ luò chíCrocs, Inc.
• 晒骆驼shài luò tuoxylitol (Cantonese); see also 木糖醇
• 马加骆mǎ jiā luò(loanword) mozzarella
• 瘦死的骆驼比马大shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dàlit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)…
• 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎothe straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw
• 王杨卢骆Wáng Yáng Lú Luòabbr. for Wang Bo 王勃

Characters built on 各

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

• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 洛luòused in transliteration
• 珞luòneck-ornament
• 雒luòblack horse with white mane; fearful

Characters that look like 骆

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 洛luòused in transliteration
• 胳gēarmpit
• 赂lùbribe; bribery
• 胚pēiembryo

Sounds the same

Read luò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 落to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 络net-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 洛used in transliteration
• 摞to pile up; to stack; a pile
• 烙used in 炮烙
• 咯to cough up; also pr. kǎ
• 珞neck-ornament
• 漯used in 漯河
• 泺name of a river
• 雒black horse with white mane; fearful
• 荦brindled ox; clear; eminent
• 纙string on which coins are strung