漏

lòu

verb HSK 5 #3,344

Meanings

Wūdǐng lòu le, děi zhǎo rén xiū.

The roof is leaking, we need someone to fix it.

Zhè dào tí wǒ lòu le, wàngjì zuò le.

I missed this question, forgot to do it.

Bié bǎ zhège xiāoxi lòu chūqù.

Don't let this news leak out.

Nǐ míngdān shàng lòu le jǐ ge rén.

You left out a few people on the list.

usage

漏掉 means 'to miss/leave out.' 遗漏 is a more formal version. 漏水 specifically means 'water leak.'

usage

漏洞 (loophole), 漏斗 (funnel), 走漏 (to divulge) — all built on the core 'leak' meaning.

漏 lòu