啰

囉
luō / lo
verb #3,461

Meanings

  1. 1 to be long-winded; to talk on and on
  2. 2 (in transliteration) lo / ло, as in greetings

Examples

HSK 4
Bié zhème luōsuo, zhíjiē shuō zhòngdiǎn.
Stop being so long-winded, just get to the point.
HSK 5
Tā qí Hāluō dānchē huí jiā.
She rented a Hellobike to ride home.

Tips

usage
The everyday word is 啰嗦 (also written 啰唆), 'long-winded, verbose'. 啰 also transliterates 'lo' in brand names like 哈啰 (Hellobike). An older reading luó survives only in the archaic 啰唣 ('to make a racket').

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
Left mouth radical 口. For the luō reading it fits literally: 啰嗦 is talk pouring out of the mouth on and on. The same radical anchors speech and sound characters across the dictionary.
phonetic
罗 luó
net; gauze (phonetic)
Right phonetic 罗 gives the luō sound closely (just a tone shift). It pictures a hand-net for birds and contributes no meaning here. The same phonetic drives 萝, 锣, and 箩.

Stroke Order

啰 luō