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鲁

lǔ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 魯

What 鲁 means

1. bound formcrass
2. stupid
3. rude
4. (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

Other readings

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

• Lǔsurname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China {鲁国|Lǔ guó}; short name for Shandong {山东|Shān dō

Example sentences

• 鲁蛇！
  Loser!
• 你真粗鲁！
  How rude of you!
• 她用词很粗鲁。
  Tā yòngcí hěn cūlǔ.
  She uses rude words.
• 请原谅我的鲁莽。
  Qǐng yuánliàng wǒ de lǔmǎng.
  Please excuse me for being rude.
• 他是个粗鲁的人。
  He is gross, man!
• 布鲁诺离开网站。
  Bruno left the site.

Words starting with 鲁

• 鲁迅Lǔ XùnLu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
• 鲁国Lǔ guóLu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝
• 鲁莽lǔ mǎnghot-headed; impulsive; reckless
• 鲁班Lǔ BānLu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
• 鲁人Lǔ rénperson from Shandong; often refers to Confucius; stupid person
• 鲁史lǔ shǐHistory of Kingdom Lu; refers to the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
• 鲁国人Lǔ guó rénperson from Shandong; often refers to Confucius
• 鲁尔区Lǔ ěr Qūthe Ruhr, region in Germany
• 鲁米诺lǔ mǐ nuò(chemistry; loanword) luminol
• 鲁尔河Lǔ ěr HéRuhr River, a tributary of the Rhine in Germany
• 鲁昂Lǔ ángRouen (France)
• 鲁凯族Lǔ kǎi zúRukai, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 鲁菜Lǔ càiShandong cuisine
• 鲁棒lǔ bàngrobust (loanword); solid
• 鲁棒性lǔ bàng xìngrobustness
• 鲁毕克方块Lǔ bì kè fāng kuàiRubik's cube; magic cube
• 鲁汶Lǔ wènLeuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university)
• 鲁佛尔宫Lǔ fú ěr gōngthe Louvre
• 鲁子敬Lǔ Zǐ jìngLu Zijing or Lu Su 鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 东吴
• 鲁山县Lǔ shān XiànLushan, a county in Pingdingshan City 平顶山市
• 鲁甸县Lǔ diàn XiànLudian, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市
• 鲁特琴lǔ tè qín(loanword) lute
• 鲁君Lǔ jūnthe lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
• 鲁特啤酒lǔ tè pí jiǔroot beer

Words containing 鲁

• 粗鲁cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish
• 赫鲁晓夫Hè lǔ xiǎo fuNikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953–1964
• 布鲁斯bù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)
• 秘鲁Bì lǔPeru
• 布鲁塞尔Bù lǔ sài ěrBrussels, capital of Belgium
• 齐鲁Qí lǔalternative name for Shandong 山东
• 耶鲁Yē lǔYale
• 普鲁士Pǔ lǔ shìPrussia (historical German state)
• 贝鲁特Bèi lǔ tèBeirut, capital of Lebanon
• 耶鲁大学Yē lǔ Dà xuéYale University
• 格鲁吉亚Gé lǔ jí yàGeorgia (country)
• 雅鲁藏布江Yǎ lǔ Zàng bù JiāngYarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
• 乌鲁木齐市Wū lǔ mù qí ShìÜrümqi, prefecture-level city and capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
• 古鲁gǔ lǔguru (loanword)
• 拉鲁Lā lǔLhalu, Tibetan name and place name; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese…
• 诺鲁Nuò lǔNauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific (Tw)
• 克苏鲁Kè sū lǔCthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
• 古鲁鲁gǔ lǔ lǔ(onomatopoeia) the sound of a rolling object
• 吉鲁巴jí lǔ bājitterbug (loanword)
• 布鲁克Bù lǔ kè(name) Brook; Peter Brook (1925–2022), British theater director
• 布鲁日Bù lǔ rìBruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium
• 平鲁区Píng lǔ QūPinglu, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市
• 库鲁病kù lǔ bìngkuru (medicine)
• 斯巴鲁Sī bā lǔSubaru

Characters built on 日

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

• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 暑shǔheat; hot weather; summer heat
• 旭xùdawn; rising sun
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 曙shǔ(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 昱yùbright light

Characters that look like 鲁

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

• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly
• 番fān(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that…
• 暑shǔheat; hot weather; summer heat
• 羡xiànto envy
• 誊téngto transcribe; to copy out

Sounds the same

Read lǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虏prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 卤to stew in soy sauce and spices
• 掳(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 橹scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)
• 镥lutetium (chemistry)
• 氇used in 氆氇
• 澛(used in place names); old variant of 卤
• 硵sal ammoniac