碌 (lù): busy
碌 (lù) is a Chinese character meaning “busy.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 录 (phonetic). It ranks #2450 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 碌 rock. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 确 (què, certain, true), 碗 (wǎn, bowl), 碰 (pèng, to touch, to bump).
Definitions
- busy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 碌
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碌碌无为 | lù lù wú wéi | unaccomplished |
| 劳碌 | láo lù | to work hard |
| 庸庸碌碌 | yōng yōng lù lù | ordinary |
| 骨碌 | gū lu | to roll rapidly |
| 庸碌 | yōng lù | mediocre |
| 一骨碌 | yī gū lu | with a rolling or twisting movement |
| 庸碌无能 | yōng lù wú néng | mediocre and incompetent |
| 碌曲县 | lù qǔ xiàn | Luqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu |
| 碌曲 | lù qǔ | see 碌曲縣|碌曲县[Lu4 qu3 Xian4] |
| 骨碌碌 | gū lù lù | (onom.) rolling around |
| 碌碡 | liù zhou | stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) |
碌 appears in 12 compound words: 33 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 25 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 碌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 碌.
Example Sentences
他整天忙忙碌碌，却没有取得什么实质性的成果。
Tā zhěngtiān mángmánglùlù, què méiyǒu qǔdé shénme shízhìxìng de chéngguǒ.
He is busy all day but hasn't achieved any substantial results.
布碌仑本周六举办社区健康博览会 提供医疗谘询
bù lù lún běn zhōu liù jǔ bàn shè qū jiàn kāng bó lǎn huì tí gōng yī liáo zī xún
布碌仑儿童博物馆3月1日举行新年庆祝
bù lù 仑 ér tóng bó wù guǎn yuè rì jǔ háng xīn nián qìng zhù
The Brooklyn Children's Museum celebrates the New Year on March 1
威斯特夫人正在忙碌地准备早餐。
Wēisītè fūren zhèngzài mánglù de zhǔnbèi zǎocān.
Mrs. West is busy getting breakfast ready.
农夫们在田地里忙碌地耕种。
Nóngfū men zài tiándì lǐ mánglù de gēngzhòng.
Farmers are busy working in the field.
我有一个忙碌的生活。
Wǒ yǒu yī gè mánglù de shēnghuó.
I lead a busy life.
你总是跟蜜蜂一样地忙碌。
Nǐ zǒngshì gēn mìfēng yīyàng de mánglù.
You're always as busy as a bee.
他这个星期一直很忙碌。
Tā zhège Xīngqīyī zhí hěn mánglù.
He has been very busy this week.
在收获季节里农民非常忙碌。
Zài shōuhuò jìjié lǐ nóngmín fēicháng mánglù.
Farmers are very busy during the harvest.
四点前我都忙碌。
Sì diǎn qián wǒ dōu mánglù.
I've got my hands full before 4 pm.
Character Family
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