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phrase | lù lù wú wéi | unaccomplished |
| 劳碌adjective | láo lù | to work hard |
| 庸庸碌碌adjective | yōng yōng lù lù | ordinary |
| 骨碌verb | gū lu | to roll rapidly |
| 庸碌adjective | yōng lù | mediocre |
| 一骨碌verb | 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, Gansu |
| 碌曲proper-noun | lù qǔ | see 碌曲縣|碌曲县 |
| 骨碌碌 | gū lù lù | (onom.) rolling around |
| 碌碡noun | liù zhou | stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) |
| 碌碌 | lù lù | ordinary |
碌 appears in 13 compound words: 38 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 23 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.
纽约布碌仑8大道亚裔殴打、抢劫65岁男 警方通缉
niǔ yuē bù lù lún 8 dà dào yà yì ōu dǎ , qiǎng jié 6 5 suì nán jǐng fāng tōng jī
Asian Man Assaulted and Robbed on 8th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY; Police Issue Warrant
纽约南布碌仑华人美甲店“精准”被盗 收银机有现金4...
niǔ yuē nán bù lù lún huá rén měi jiǎ diàn jīng zhǔn bèi dào shōu yín jī yǒu xiàn jīn 4 . . .
Chinese-owned nail salon in South Brooklyn, New York, targeted in a "precise" robbery; cash register contained $4...
布碌仑华人五金店遭三级大火焚毁 百万货品烧光
bù lù lún huá rén wǔ jīn diàn zāo sān jí dà huǒ fén huǐ bǎi wàn huò pǐn shāo guāng
A Chinese hardware store in Brooklyn was destroyed by a three-alarm fire; over a million dollars' worth of merchandise was burned to the ground
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
Brooklyn is hosting a community health fair this Saturday, offering medical consultations
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.
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