洛

Mandarin · pinyin luò#

Meanings · luò

  1. used in transliteration
Mandarin · pinyin Luò#

Meanings · Luò

  1. surname Luo
  2. old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
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洛
luò · river in Shanxi province; city
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4 · luo4

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lok3 · lok6

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  1. (~水, ~河) Luo River, a tributary of the Yellow River.
  2. (~河) Luo River, a tributary of the Wei River.
  3. Luoyang
  4. a surname
  5. (Mainland China) Used in the phonetic transcription of /lɒ/, /lɔː/, and /loʊ/ into Chinese characters
  6. (calculus, slang, Mainland China) to apply L'Hôpital's rule

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洛 · luo4 · Luo4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 64,621, 64,620
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Exact source records洛 洛 [luo4] /used in transliteration/洛 洛 [Luo4] /surname Luo/old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)/