捞 meaning in English

lāo

to fish up; to dredge up

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 撈10 strokes

Meaning of 捞

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lāo

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

想xiǎng从cóng贼zéi身shēn上shàng捞lāo点diǎn儿ér什shén么me是shì很hěn难nán的de

It's hard to steal from a thief.

这zhè好hǎo比bǐ大dà海hǎi捞lāo针zhēn。

It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

船chuán的de残cán骸hái从cóng海hǎi底dǐ被bèi打dǎ捞lāo上shàng来lái。

The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.

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Words that share a character with 捞.

打捞	dǎlāo	to salvage; to dredge
大海捞针	dàhǎilāozhēn	lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

What does 捞 mean?

捞 (lāo) means "to fish up; to dredge up" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 捞?

捞 is made of 1 character: 捞 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 捞 an HSK word?

Yes. 捞 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 捞 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 捞 is written 撈.