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骡

luó

Character Traditional 騾 Measure word 匹、头

What 骡 means

1. mule

Other readings

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

• luóvariant of {骡|luó}

Example sentences

• 老人在骡子的背上放上了一个个装满了沙的袋子。
  Lǎorén zài luózi de bèi shàng fàng shàng le yīgègè zhuāngmǎn le shā de dàizi.
  The old man loaded his mule with bags full of sand.

Words starting with 骡

• 骡子luó zimule
• 骡马luó mǎpack animal; horse and mule
• 骡马大车luó mǎ dà chēmule and horse carts

Words containing 骡

• 马骡mǎ luómule
• 驴骡lǘ luóhinny
• 骒骡kè luómare (female mule)
• 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)…
• 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 累

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

• 螺luóspiral shell; snail; conch
• 摞luòto pile up; to stack; a pile
• 漯luòused in 漯河
• 瘰luǒused in 瘰疬

Characters that look like 骡

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

• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 瑾jǐnbrilliancy (of gems)
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 骠piàowhite horse

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
• 锣gong
• 箩basket
• 猡used in 猪猡
• 㑩used in 偻㑩
• 脶fingerprint
• 鸁grebe; wren
• 椤see 桫椤