滤 (lǜ): to strain, to filter
滤 (lǜ) is a Chinese character meaning “to strain.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 虑 (phonetic). It ranks #2853 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 滤 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to strain
- to filter
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过滤verb | guò lǜ | to filter |
| 过滤器noun | guò lǜ qì | filtering apparatus |
| 滤波器noun | lǜ bō qì | signal filter |
| 过滤嘴noun | guò lǜ zuǐ | cigarette filter |
| 滤器noun | lǜ qì | filter |
| 滤纸noun | lǜ zhǐ | filter paper |
| 滤毒通风装置 | lǜ dú tōng fēng zhuāng zhì | filtration equipment |
| 滤清器noun | lǜ qīng qì | a filter |
| 滤出 | lǜ chū | to filter out |
| 滤过verb | lǜ guò | to filter |
| 滤光镜 | lǜ guāng jìng | (photography) filter |
| 滤色镜 | lǜ sè jìng | color filter |
| 滤清verb | lǜ qīng | to filter and purify |
| 滤除 | lǜ chú | to filter out |
| 滤尘器 | lǜ chén qì | dust filter |
滤 appears in 29 compound words: 83 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 10 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 滤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，滤水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , lǜ shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, one could see the water filtering through and flowing slowly eastward.
旭然握滤材设备商机 EPS0.92创五年新高
xù rán wò lǜ cái shè bèi shāng jī E P S 0 . 9 2 chuàng wǔ nián xīn gāo
Xuran Seizes Opportunities in the Filter Media Equipment Market; EPS Hits Five-Year High at 0.92
菊梓乔性感晒线 讲明唔怕出滤镜片
jú 梓 qiáo xìng gǎn shài xiàn jiǎng míng 唔 pà chū lǜ jìng piàn
Juzhiqiao Shows Off Her Toned Abs, Saying She’s Not Afraid to Go Filter-Free
... 显示卡率先有得用 DLSS 5 AI 滤镜抹煞原作艺术风格?
. . . xiǎn shì kǎ lǜ xiān yǒu dé yòng D L S S 5 A I lǜ jìng mā 煞 yuán zuò yì shù fēng gé ?
... Will graphics cards be the first to use DLSS 5 AI filters to erase the original artwork's artistic style?
...alTM:开创公路及非公路重型设备空气过滤技术的新纪元
. . . a l T M : kāi chuàng gōng lù jí fēi gōng lù chóng xíng shè bèi kōng qì guò lǜ jì shù de xīn jì yuán
... alTM: Pioneering a new era of air filtration technology for on-highway and off-highway heavy equipment
我从不过滤咖啡。
Wǒ cóngbù guòlǜ kāfēi.
I never filter my coffee.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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