啰 meaning and stroke order
Long-winded, verbose
How to write 啰, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 啰
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (final exclamatory particle)
- used in 囉唆|啰唆[luo1 suo5] and 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]
- used in 囉唣|啰唣[luo2 zao4]
How 啰 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 罗 hints at the sound.
Radical: 罒 (net), shared by 24 characters on this site.
How to remember 啰
啰 is a mouth 口 next to 罗 (luó), which gives the sound. Picture a mouth that keeps going on and on, and you get someone long-winded.
啰 almost never appears alone in the luō sense. It mostly lives in 啰嗦 or 啰唆 (luōsuo), meaning wordy or annoyingly fussy, and in the loanword 哈啰 (hāluō, hello). Example: 别啰嗦了。(Bié luōsuo le.) Stop nagging.
Common mistake: Learners often drop the 口 and write 罗 (luó), which is a surname and means a net, not talkative. Also note that in 啰嗦 the second syllable is neutral tone: luōsuo, not luōsuō.
Common words with 啰
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 哈啰 | hāluō | hello (loanword) | |
| 啰嗦 | luōsuo | variant of 囉唆|啰唆[luo1 suo5] | |
| 啰唆 | luōsuo | long-winded; wordy; troublesome; pesky |
啰 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 啰
How many strokes are in 啰?
啰 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 啰 mean?
啰 (luō) means long-winded, verbose. A common word with it is 哈啰 (hāluō), meaning "hello (loanword)".
How do you pronounce 啰?
啰 is pronounced luō, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 啰?
The radical of 啰 is 罒, which carries the idea of "net". Dictionaries list 啰 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 啰?
The traditional form of 啰 is 囉. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 啰 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is there a difference between 啰嗦 and 啰唆?
No. They are variant spellings of the same word, luōsuo, meaning long-winded or troublesome. 啰嗦 is the more common one you will see today.
What does 啰 mean at the end of a sentence?
Read with a neutral tone (luo), it works as an exclamatory final particle, a bit like 了 or 咯 with a casual, matter-of-fact feel. You hear it in speech such as 走啰 (zǒu luo), off we go.