捞

To fish up in Chinese: 捞 (lāo)

lāo

to fish up

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 撈1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to fish up
  2. 2to dredge up

Stroke order

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捞

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄠ

lāo

ㄌ/ lㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

捞

Simplified

撈

Traditional

Example sentences

See 捞 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他从水里捞出一条鱼。

    tā cóng shuǐ lǐ lāo chū yì tiáo yú。

    He scooped a fish out of the water.

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Related words

打捞

dǎ lāo

to salvage

劳动力

láo dòng lì

labor force

劳累

láo lèi

tired

劳务

láo wù

service (work done for money)

牢固

láo gù

firm

牢记

láo jì

to keep in mind

牢牢

láo láo

firmly

唠叨

láo dao

to prattle

老伴儿

lǎo bàn r

erhua variant of 老伴

老大

lǎo dà

old age

老汉

lǎo hàn

old man

老化

lǎo huà

(of a person, population or material) to age

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