遛

liú

HSK 7freq #17781

Meanings

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liú

1.used in 逗遛[dòu liú]

liù

1.to stroll
2.to walk (an animal)

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Wiktionary

1.to stroll; to saunter
2.to walk; to take for a walk
3.only used in 逗遛

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *m·ru): semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus)

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Stroke order

Components

遛辶留

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Example sentences

汤姆鬼鬼祟祟地遛近了玛丽身后。
Tom sneaked up behind Mary.
你可以骑上我的摩托车去遛一圈。
You can have a ride on my motorcycle.

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Derived terms

遛彎遛弯遛彎兒遛弯儿遛早遛早兒遛早儿遛活遛狗遛逛遛達遛达遛食兒遛食儿遛馬遛马遛鳥遛鸟逗遛

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Related words

遛弯 (dialect) to take a walk 遛狗 to walk a dog 遛娃 (coll.) to take one's child out for a walk 逗遛 variant of 逗留[dòu liú]遛弯儿 erhua variant of 遛弯[liù wān]是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛 lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)是骡子是马，拉出来遛遛 see 是騾子是馬，是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu]