拢 (lǒng): to gather together, to collect, to approach, to draw near to, to add, to sum up
拢 (lǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to gather together.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 龙 (phonetic). It ranks #2304 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拢 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to gather together
- to collect
- to approach
- to draw near to
- to add
- to sum up
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉拢verb | lā lǒng | to rope in |
| 靠拢verb | kào lǒng | to draw close to |
| 合拢verb | hé lǒng | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) |
| 并拢verb | bìng lǒng | to draw together |
| 收拢verb | shōu lǒng | to draw to oneself |
| 合不拢嘴 | hé bù lǒng zuǐ | unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc |
| 围拢verb | wéi lǒng | to crowd around |
| 聚拢verb | jù lǒng | to gather together |
| 归拢verb | guī lǒng | to gather |
| 收拢人心 | shōu lǒng rén xīn | to win people's hearts |
| 谈不拢 | tán bù lǒng | can't come to an agreement |
| 拢总adverb | lǒng zǒng | altogether |
| 集拢 | jí lǒng | to gather |
| 拢共adverb | lǒng gòng | altogether |
| 拢火 | lǒng huǒ | to make a fire |
拢 appears in 19 compound words: 21 as the first character, 68 as the last, and 11 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 拢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
拢照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
lǒng zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Take a look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
面对两千余年散落于蜀道的人与事，如何将它们收拢于一部舞蹈诗剧？
miàn duì liǎng qiān yú nián sàn luò yú shǔ dào de rén yǔ shì , rú hé jiāng tā men shōu lǒng yú yī bù wǔ dǎo shī jù ?
Faced with the people and events scattered along the Shu Road over more than 2,000 years, how can they all be woven into a single dance-poetry drama?
千问办公后续将模型入口收拢为标准和高级两种模式。
qiān wèn bàn gōng hòu xù jiāng mó xíng rù kǒu shōu lǒng wéi biāo zhǔn hé gāo jí liǎng zhǒng mó shì .
Going forward, Qianwen Office will consolidate its model access into two modes: Standard and Advanced.
龙七公:越南靠拢北京 泛亚铁路提速
lóng qī gōng : yuè nán kào lǒng běi jīng fàn yà tiě lù tí sù
Long Qigong: Vietnam Moves Closer to Beijing; Pan-Asian Railway Project Gains Momentum
...被拒绝? NBA卫冕冠军雷霆称“时间乔不拢”婉拒访问白宫
. . . bèi jù jué ? N B A wèi 冕 guàn jūn léi 霆 chèn shí jiān qiáo bù lǒng wǎn jù fǎng wèn bái gōng
...Turned down? The Thunder, the reigning NBA champions, politely declined an invitation to visit the White House, citing "scheduling conflicts."
Character Family
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