Meaning
funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lou” becomes a different word in each tone. 漏 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 漏洞lòu dòngleak; hole; gap; loophole
- 走漏zǒu lòuto leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
- 泄漏xiè lòu(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
- 地漏dì lòudrain; underground drainpipe; floor gutter; 25th of 2nd lunar month
- 漏水lòu shuǐ(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
Example Sentence
屋顶漏雨了，得赶紧找人修一修。Wū dǐng lòu yǔ le, děi gǎn jǐn zhǎo rén xiū yi xiū.The roof is leaking; we need to find someone to fix it quickly.
屋顶Wū dǐngroof漏lòuto leak雨yǔrain了le(completed action)，得děi(verb complement)赶紧gǎn jǐnhurriedly找zhǎoto try to find人rénperson修xiūto decorate一yione修xiūto decorate。