罗 (luó): gauze, to collect, to gather, to catch, to sift
罗 (luó) is a Chinese character meaning “gauze.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 罒 (semantic) and 夕 (structural). It ranks #392 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 罗 net. Its radical form 罒 (net) appears in many related characters such as 网 (wǎng, net), 置 (zhì, to install), 罚 (fá, to punish).
Definitions
- gauze
- to collect
- to gather
- to catch
- to sift
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罗马proper-noun | luó mǎ | Rome, capital of Italy |
| 俄罗斯proper-noun | é luó sī | Russia |
| 保罗proper-noun | bǎo luó | Paul |
| 哈罗interjection | hā luó | hello (loanword) |
| 佛罗里达proper-noun | fó luó lǐ dá | Florida |
| 罗杰proper-noun | luó jié | Roger |
| 罗伯特proper-noun | luó bó tè | Robert (name) |
| 哈罗德 | hā luó dé | Harold, Harald, Harrod (name) |
| 罗斯proper-noun | luó sī | (name) Ross |
| 罗密欧 | luó mì ōu | Romeo (name) |
| 罗恩 | luó ēn | Ron (name) |
| 卡斯特罗 | kǎ sī tè luó | Castro (name) |
| 罗马尼亚 | luó mǎ ní yà | Romania |
| 阿波罗proper-noun | ā bō luó | Apollo (loanword) |
| 科罗拉多 | kē luó lā duō | Colorado |
罗 appears in 109 compound words: 58 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 12 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 罗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (33)
Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
(lit.) you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); (fig.) completely deserted
Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
(lit.) you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); (fig.) completely deserted
Showing 12 of 33 idioms containing 罗.
Example Sentences
他罗列了一系列理由，试图说服大家。
Tā luóliè le yī xìliè lǐyóu, shìtú shuōfú dàjiā.
He listed a series of reasons, trying to convince everyone.
米兰冬奥闭幕式今夜登场 冰雪盛宴落幕维罗纳
mǐ lán dōng ào bì mù shì jīn yè dēng chǎng bīng xuě shèng yàn luò mù wéi luó nà
The closing ceremony of the Milan Winter Olympics debuted tonight, and the ice and snow feast came to an end in Verona
【战况R11】罗廐练马师团体马又赢 全家总动员拉头马!
zhàn kuàng R 1 1 luó 廐 liàn mǎ shī tuán tǐ mǎ yòu yíng quán jiā zǒng dòng yuán lā tóu mǎ !
【Battle R11】Luo Liao trainer group horse wins again, the whole family mobilizes the lead horse!
俄罗斯莫斯科地铁举行中国春节主题列车发车仪式
é luó sī mò sī kē dì tiě jǔ háng zhōng guó chūn jié zhǔ tí liè chē fā chē yí shì
Chinese New Year-themed train launch ceremony held in Russia's Moscow Metro
对话滞留俄罗斯“极光村”的中国游客:路两边的冰雪堆....
duì huà zhì liú é luó sī jí guāng cūn de zhōng guó yóu kè lù liǎng biān de bīng xuě duī . . . .
Dialogue with Chinese tourists stranded in Russia's "Aurora Village": piles of ice and snow on both sides of the road ....
泽连斯基称乌克兰对白俄罗斯总统实施制裁
zé lián sī jī chèn wū kè lán duì bái é luó sī zǒng tǒng shí shī zhì cái
Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the President of Belarus.
俄罗斯大使馆在哪儿？
éluósī dàshǐguǎn zài nǎr?
Where is the Russian embassy?
你想去瓦伦西亚还是巴塞罗那？
Nǐ xiǎng qù wǎ lún Xī Yà háishi Bāsàiluónà?
Do you want to go to Valencia or Barcelona?
罗马教皇无权结婚。
Luómǎ Jiàohuáng wúquán jiéhūn.
The Pope has no right to marry.
卡罗下个月将参观迈阿密。
Kǎ luó xiàgèyuè jiāng cānguān Mài'āmì.
Carol will visit Miami next month.
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