Liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ lau4

  • surname Liu

liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ lau4

  • (classical) a type of battle-ax
  • to kill
  • to slaughter

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 刘晓波是中国人。 Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.
  • 刘备和诸葛亮是一支无法战胜的队伍。 Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.
  • 我很想告诉给我理发的女士我不喜欢留刘海。 I'd love to be able to tell the lady who cuts my hair that I don’t like bangs.
  • 過年時,小劉的單位给每位員工發一袋麵粉。 For the new year, Liu's company gives every employee a bag of flour.
  • 中国社会科学院信息化研究中心副主任刘满强说:“信息传递能够带来巨大的附加值,中国信息发展的一个重要目标是让更多的农民从信息业发展中受益。” Liu Manqiang, deputy director of the Chinese Research Centre and College for Social Sciences and Information Technology, says "Information and communication technology has the potential for a huge increase in value; an important goal for the development of China's information technology is allowing more rural citizens to benefit from the information technology industry."

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