HSK 6 · Verbs

走漏 zǒulòu “to leak (information)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 走漏 means

  1. to leak (information)
  2. to divulge
  3. to leak (information, secrets etc)
  4. to smuggle and evade tax
  5. to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)

How to say 走漏

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale走zǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale漏lòu4th tone, falling

走漏 in a sentence

  1. 这个消息千万不能走漏出去。

    Zhè ge xiāoxi qiānwàn bù néng zǒulòu chūqu.

    This news must not get out under any circumstances.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 不知道是谁走漏了风声。

    Bù zhīdao shì shéi zǒulòu le fēngshēng.

    Nobody knows who let the news slip.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 走漏 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 走 (zǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
走zǒuto walk
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidOnce drawn as a person swinging their arms above a foot 止: to run. Today it means “to walk”.

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 走漏

走 7 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 走漏

Words with 走

走zǒu · to walk走路zǒulù · to walk走廊zǒuláng · corridor走私zǒusī · to smuggle飞禽走兽fēiqínzǒushòu · birds and beasts

Words with 漏

漏lòu · to leak

More words: Thinking & Talking

必须bìxū · must担心dānxīn · to worry嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise琢磨zuómo · to ponder做主zuòzhǔ · to make the decision

FAQs

走漏 (zǒulòu) means “to leak (information)” or “to divulge”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǒulòu: zǒu with a 3rd tone, then lòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 走漏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zoulou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 走漏 from the suggestions. Typing zoulou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
走漏 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.