HSK 5 · Function Words

陆续 lùxù “in turn” in Chinese

Traditional 陸續

What 陆续 means

  1. in turn
  2. successively
  3. one after the other
  4. bit by bit

How to say 陆续

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale陆lù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale续xù4th tone, falling

陆续 in a sentence

  1. 客人们陆续到了。

    Kèrénmen lùxù dào le.

    The guests arrived one after another.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学生们陆续走进了教室。

    Xuéshengmen lùxù zǒujìn le jiàoshì.

    The students came into the classroom one by one.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陆续 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 陆 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
陆lùland
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 击to strike · jīSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 击 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with lù.

The character 续 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
续xùto continue
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 卖to sell · màiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 卖 (mài) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 陆续

陆 7 strokes · 续 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 陆续

Words with 陆

陆地lùdì · dry land (as opposed to the sea)登陆dēnglù · to land

Words with 续

继续jìxù · to continue连续liánxù · continuous持续chíxù · to continue手续shǒuxù · procedure延续yánxù · to continue

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FAQs

陆续 (lùxù) means “in turn” or “successively”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lùxù: lù with a 4th tone, then xù 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, 陆续 is written 陸續. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luxu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陆续 from the suggestions. Typing luxu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陆续 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.