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鲈

lú

Character Traditional 鱸

What 鲈 means

1. common perch
2. bass

Example sentences

• 叫个清蒸鲈鱼好呢，还是蚝油牛肉好？
  Should we order the steamed perch or the beef with oyster sauce?

Words starting with 鲈

• 鲈鱼lú yúbass; perch
• 鲈鳗lú mán(Taiwan) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), aka swamp eel or marbled eel…

Words containing 鲈

• 海鲈hǎi lúsea bass
• 尖吻鲈jiān wěn lúbarramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
• 金目鲈jīn mù lúBarramundi; Lates calcarifer…
• 莼羹鲈脍chún gēng lú kuài(idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness
• 莼鲈之思chún lú zhī sī(idiom) homesickness

Characters built on 卢

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

• 颅lúforehead; skull
• 泸lúold name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
• 鸬lúused in 鸬鹚
• 胪lúbelly; skin; to state
• 轳lúused in 辘轳
• 垆lúclay; shop
• 栌lúcapital (of column); smoke tree

Characters that look like 鲈

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 蜗wōsnail; Taiwan pr. guā; see 蜗牛
• 掰bāito break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy

Sounds the same

Read lú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炉stove; furnace
• 卢(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐
• 芦rush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 庐hut
• 颅forehead; skull
• 泸old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
• 鸬used in 鸬鹚
• 胪belly; skin; to state
• 轳used in 辘轳
• 垆clay; shop
• 籚basket made of rush; spear-shaft
• 栌capital (of column); smoke tree