HSK 5 · Verbs

漏 lòu “to leak” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 漏 means

  1. to leak
  2. to divulge
  3. to leave out by mistake

How to say 漏

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale漏lòu4th tone, falling

漏 in a sentence

  1. 屋顶上有三处在漏。

    Wūdǐng shang yǒu sān chù zài lòu.

    The roof leaks in three places.

    Sentence #10543812 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 轮胎漏气了。

    Lúntāi lòu qì le.

    The tyre has a leak.

    Sentence #336599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这秘密是怎么泄漏出去的？

    Zhè mìmì shì zěnme xièlòu chūqu de?

    How did the secret get out?

    Sentence #1020110 from Tatoeba

How 漏 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 漏 (lòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
漏lòuto leak
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 屚part of the character

How to write 漏

漏 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 漏

Words with 漏

走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)

More words: Common Verbs

拦lán · to block利用lìyòng · to make use of联合liánhé · to combine流传liúchuán · to spread轮流lúnliú · to alternate落后luòhòu · to fall behind冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks面对miànduì · to face

FAQs

漏 (lòu) means “to leak” or “to divulge”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lòu: lòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 漏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 漏 from the suggestions. Typing lou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
漏 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.