HSK 6 · Verbs

笼罩 lǒngzhào “to envelop” in Chinese

Traditional 籠罩

What 笼罩 means

  1. to envelop
  2. to shroud

How to say 笼罩

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale笼lǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale罩zhào4th tone, falling

笼罩 in a sentence

  1. 整个城市都笼罩在大雾中。

    Zhěng ge chéngshì dōu lǒngzhào zài dàwù zhōng.

    The whole city was shrouded in thick fog.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 夜色笼罩着小村庄。

    Yèsè lǒngzhào zhe xiǎo cūnzhuāng.

    Night settled over the little village.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 笼罩 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 笼 (lǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
笼lǒngto envelop; to cover
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 龙dragon · lóngSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 龙 (lóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǒng.

The character 罩 (zhào) with each of its parts in a different colour
罩zhàoto cover; to spread over
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
  • 卓profound · zhuóSound part

罒 hints at the meaning (net); 卓 (zhuó) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhào.

How to write 笼罩

笼 11 strokes · 罩 13 strokes

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

Words related to 笼罩

Words with 笼

灯笼dēnglong · lantern

More words: Common Verbs

流浪liúlàng · to wander留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento力争lìzhēng · to strive for立足lìzú · to gain a foothold搂lǒu · to hug落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)履行lǚxíng · to fulfil迈mài · to step

FAQs

笼罩 (lǒngzhào) means “to envelop” or “to shroud”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǒngzhào: lǒng with a 3rd tone, then zhào 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, 笼罩 is written 籠罩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type longzhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 笼罩 from the suggestions. Typing longzhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
笼罩 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.