萝 (luó): radish
萝 (luó) is a Chinese character meaning “radish.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 罗 (phonetic). It ranks #2598 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 萝 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- radish
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡萝卜 | hú luó bo | carrot |
| 菠萝 | bō luó | pineapple |
| 萝卜 | luó bo | radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon |
| 红萝卜 | hóng luó bo | carrot |
| 胡萝卜素 | hú luó bo sù | carotene |
| 白萝卜 | bái luó bo | daikon |
| 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 | luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | (saying) one man's meat is another man's poison |
| 心里美萝卜 | xīn li měi luó bo | Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing veget... |
| 一个萝卜一个坑 | yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng | lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) |
| 花心大萝卜 | huā xīn dà luó bo | (coll.) womanizer |
| 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 | luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | see 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛|萝卜白菜，各有所爱[luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4] |
| 萝卜快了不洗泥 | luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní | when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom) |
| 拔出萝卜带出泥 | bá chū luó bo dài chū ní | lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) |
| 小萝卜头 | xiǎo luó bo tou | (coll.) little kid |
| 空心萝卜 | kōng xīn luó bo | useless person |
萝 appears in 39 compound words: 28 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 51 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 萝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Luóbo qīngcài, gè yǒu suǒ ài.
Different strokes for different folks.
6M | 辅食第21天 | 胡萝卜菠菜泥米粉香喷喷
6 M fǔ shí dì 2 1 tiān hú luó bǔ 菠 cài ní mǐ fěn xiāng pēn pēn
6M | Day 21 of Solid Foods | Fragrant Carrot and Spinach Puree with Rice Noodles
再审诉求升级!300亿“萝卜章”诈骗案再起波澜,湘财证券涉3.43...
zài shěn sù qiú shēng jí ! 3 0 0 yì luó bǔ zhāng zhà piàn àn zài qǐ bō lán , 湘 cái zhèng quàn shè 3 . 4 3 . . .
Retrial appeal escalated! The 30 billion "radish chapter" fraud case has made waves again, and Xiangcai Securities is involved in 3.43...
...应节 同容祖儿闯罗浮宫爆瘀事..有人听错萝卜糕
. . . yīng jié tóng róng zǔ ér chuǎng luó fú gōng bào 瘀 shì . . yǒu rén tīng cuò luó bǔ gāo
... Yingjie and Rong Zuer broke into the Louvre and exploded: Someone misheard radish cake
医涉偷拍上百儿少病患私处 上传萝莉控群组
yī shè tōu pāi shàng bǎi ér shǎo bìng huàn sī chǔ shàng chuán luó lì kòng qún zǔ
Doctors secretly filmed the private parts of hundreds of children and children and uploaded them to lolicon groups
白萝卜可能比红萝卜贵。
Báiluóbo kěnéng bǐ hóngluóbo guì.
Daikon might be more expensive than the carrots.
把胡萝卜放在锅里。
Bǎ húluóbo fàng zài guō lǐ.
Put the carrots in the pot.
白兔喜欢吃胡萝卜。
Bái tù xǐhuan chī húluóbo.
Rabbits like to eat carrots.
这个汤里有胡萝卜、洋葱、欧芹、芹菜和土豆。
Zhège tāng lǐ yǒu húluóbo, yángcōng, ōuqín, qíncài hé tǔdòu.
In this soup there are carrots, onions, parsley, celery and potatoes.
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