垄 (lǒng): ridge between fields, crop row, mounded soil forming a ridge in a field, grave mound
垄 (lǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “ridge between fields.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龙 (phonetic) and 土 (semantic). It ranks #2269 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 垄 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- ridge between fields
- crop row
- mounded soil forming a ridge in a field
- grave mound
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垄断 | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
| 垄沟 | lǒng gōu | furrow (agriculture) |
| 反垄断法 | fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ | antitrust legislation |
| 反垄断 | fǎn lǒng duàn | to break up or prevent monopolies |
| 地垄 | dì lǒng | lines on ridges on ploughed field |
| 寡头垄断 | guǎ tóu lǒng duàn | oligopoly |
垄 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 垄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
垄豆是东北地区的主要农作物之一。
lǒng dòu shì dōng běi dì ōu de zhǔ yāo nóng zuò wù zhī yī .
Soybeans are one of the primary crops in Northeast China.
...后续:苹果与亚马逊因整改迟缓再遭西班牙反垄断机构警告
. . . hòu xù : píng guǒ yǔ yà mǎ xùn yīn zhěng gǎi chí huǎn zài zāo xī bān yá fǎn lǒng duàn jī gòu jǐng gào
... Follow-up: Apple and Amazon were warned by Spanish antitrust agencies again for slow rectification
法拉帝(09638.HK):奥地利反垄断无条件放行,KKCGMaritime1...
fǎ lā dì ( 0 9 6 3 8 . H K ) : ào dì lì fǎn lǒng duàn wú tiáo jiàn fàng háng , K K C G M a r i t i m e 1 . . .
Ferretti (09638.HK): Austrian antitrust unconditional release, KKCGMaritime1...
香港制定铁路标准 有望破垄断降成本
xiāng gǎng zhì dìng tiě lù biāo zhǔn yǒu wàng pò lǒng duàn jiàng chéng běn
Hong Kong's formulation of railway standards is expected to break the monopoly and reduce costs
关税疑云垄罩 美股早盘变色 道指崩逾700点
guān shuì yí yún lǒng zhào měi gǔ zǎo pán biàn sè dào zhǐ bēng yú 7 0 0 diǎn
Tariffs are suspicious, U.S. stocks change color in early trading, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average collapsed more than 700 points
大看台|从郑钦文到宁忠岩:冲破欧美垄断 镌刻东方印..
dà kàn tái cóng zhèng qīn wén dào nìng zhōng yán : chōng pò ōu měi lǒng duàn 镌 kè dōng fāng yìn . .
Grand Stand | From Zheng Qinwen to Ning Zhongyan: Breaking the Western Monopoly and Leaving an Eastern Mark...
他们垄断了原物料供应，并开天价。
Tāmen lǒngduàn le yuánwùliào gōngyìng, bìng kāi tiānjià.
They monopolized the supply market and drastically raised prices.
在这次会议上, 他垄断了讨论并彻底打乱了议程。
Zài zhè cì huìyì shàng, tā lǒngduàn le tǎolùn bìng chèdǐ dǎ luàn le yìchéng.
At the meeting he monopolized the discussion and completely disrupted the proceeding.
他曾经反对垄断。
Tā céngjīng fǎnduì lǒngduàn.
He was opposed to monopolies.
反垄断法律的目的是停止滥用市场影响力的大公司.
Fǎnlǒngduàn fǎlǜ de mùdì shì tíngzhǐ lànyòng shìchǎng yǐngxiǎnglì de dàgōngsī.
The purpose of antitrust law is to stop the abusive influence of the market by big companies.
Character Family
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