羅 (lo4 | luo2) : net; collect; display; gauze; a surname

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羅

lo4

luo2

[1] [n] bird snare; net for catching birds
[2] [v] catch birds with a net
[3] [v] collect; gather together
[4] [v] display; spread out
[5] [n] silk gauze; light silk fabric
[6] [v] sieve; sift; shake through a sieve
[7] [n] a Chinese surname

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: 网 (#122)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

羅 / 罗

Don't confuse with:
蘿

This word has been viewed 13700 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2014 03:36

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加泰羅尼亞 gaa1 taai3 lo4 nei4 aa3 jia1 tai4 luo2 ni2 ya4 = Catalonia, Spain

羅漫史 lo4 maan6 si6*2 = romance (as a loanword)

羅馬 lo4 maa5 luo2 ma3 = Rome; Roman

羅省 lo4 saang2 luo2 xing3 = Los Angeles (Cantonese version)

俄羅斯 ngo4 lo4 si1 e2 luo2 si1 = Russia

白俄羅斯 baak6 ngo4 lo4 si1 bai2 e2 luo2 si1 = Belarus

羅宋湯 lo4 sung3 tong1 luo2 song4 tang1 = borscht

張羅 zoeng1 lo4 zhang1 luo2 = get together; greet and entertain; take care of

搜羅 sau2 lo4 sou1 luo2 = collect; gather

羅漢果 lo4 hon3 gwo2 = mangosteen, momordicae fruit; luohanguo; luo-han-kuo
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佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

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Decimal representation of this word: 羅
Unicode code for this character: U+7f85 (off-site link)

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