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喽
嘍
lóu
1. subordinates in gang of bandits
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

喽
lóu
used in onomatopoetic expressions
12 丶

Compound Words (7)

哈喽
hālóu
hello (loanword)
喽啰
lóuluo
bandit
喽子
lóuzi
variant of [[婁子|娄子<lóuzi>]]
喽罗
lóuluo
variant of [[嘍囉|喽啰<lóuluo>]]
出喽子
chūlóuzi
variant of [[出婁子|出娄子<chūlóuzi>]]
惹喽子
rělóuzi
variant of [[惹婁子|惹娄子<rělóuzi>]]
捅喽子
tǒnglóuzi
variant of [[捅婁子|捅娄子<tǒnglóuzi>]]

Alternate Entries

喽
lou
(final particle equivalent to [[了<le>]]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,219
Word Frequency Rank
4,335 of 84,292

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