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劳
勞
lào
1. to console
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

劳
láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

劳烦
láofán
to inconvenience
劳损
láosǔn
strain (medicine)
苦劳
kǔláo
toil
有劳
yǒuláo
(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)
操劳
cāoláo
to work hard
HSK 6
劳改
láogǎi
abbr. for [[勞動改造|劳动改造<láodònggǎizào>]]
劳雇
láogù
labor and employer
耐劳
nàiláo
hardy
过劳
guòláo
overwork
酬劳
chóuláo
reward
犒劳
kàoláo
to reward with food and drink
劳方
láofāng
labor (as opposed to capital or management)
徒劳
túláo
futile
劳动
láodòng
work
HSK 5
劳累
láolèi
tired
劳逸
láoyì
work and rest
劳驾
láojià
excuse me
HSK 5
疲劳
píláo
fatigue
HSK 5
唁劳
yànláo
to offer condolences
辛劳
xīnláo
laborious

Alternate Entries

劳
láo
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
678
Word Frequency Rank
1,175 of 84,292

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