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轮廓 lúnkuò “outline” in Chinese

Traditional 輪廓

What 轮廓 means

  1. outline
  2. silhouette
  3. contour

How to say 轮廓

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale轮lún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale廓kuò4th tone, falling

轮廓 in a sentence

  1. 在雾中，我只能看到山的轮廓。

    Zài wù zhōng, wǒ zhǐnéng kàndào shān de lúnkuò.

    In the fog, I could only see the outline of the mountains.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的脸部轮廓很漂亮。

    Tā de liǎnbù lúnkuò hěn piàoliang.

    She has a lovely face shape.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 轮廓 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 轮 (lún) with each of its parts in a different colour
轮lúnwheel; disk; ring
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 仑logical reasons · lúnSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 仑 (lún) hints at the sound. Compare it with lún.

The character 廓 (kuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
廓kuòextensive; vast
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 郭city limits · guōSound part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 郭 (guō) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuò.

How to write 轮廓

轮 8 strokes · 廓 13 strokes

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轮廓 (lúnkuò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 轮廓 (lúnkuò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 轮廓

Words with 轮

轮流lúnliú · to alternate轮船lúnchuán · steamship轮胎lúntāi · tyre

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FAQs

轮廓 (lúnkuò) means “outline” or “silhouette”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lúnkuò: lún with a 2nd tone, then kuò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 轮廓 is written 輪廓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lunkuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 轮廓 from the suggestions. Typing lunkuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
轮廓 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.