擼

See also: 撸

擼 U+64FC, 擼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64FC ← 擻 [U+64FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 擽 → [U+64FD]

Translingual

Han character

擼 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手弓田日 (QNWA), four-corner 5706₃, composition ⿰扌魯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12913
• Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1981, character 10
• Unihan data for U+64FC

Chinese

trad.		擼
simp.		撸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǔ (lu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lu³
    • Yale: lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/

Definitions

擼

1. (obsolete) to move

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lū (lu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lu
    • Wade–Giles: lu¹
    • Yale: lū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹lu
    • MiniDict: 'lu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu⁵³/

Definitions

擼

1. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin) to rub one's hand along; to stroke

   擼起袖子／撸起袖子  ―  lū qǐ xiùzǐ  ―  to roll up one's sleeve

   擼貓／撸猫  ―  lū māo  ―  to stroke a cat

2. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin) to take away; to remove (one's position, job, etc.)
3. (Beijing, Northeastern and Jiaoliao Mandarin) to reprimand
4. (slang) to jerk off (to rub the penis)

   Synonym: 擼管／撸管 (lūguǎn)

   擼一發／撸一发  ―  lū yī fā  ―  to have a hand job

5. (slang) A dummy verb.

   擼鐵／撸铁  ―  lū tiě  ―  to pump iron

   擼代碼／撸代码  ―  lū dàimǎ  ―  to write codes

   擼羊毛／撸羊毛  ―  lū yángmáo  ―  to take advantage of coupons

6. (Shanghainese) to rub

Compounds

• 一擼到底／一撸到底
• 擼串／撸串 (lūchuàn)
• 擼管／撸管 (lūguǎn)
• 擼鐵／撸铁 (lūtiě)

 

Vietnamese

Han character

擼: Hán Nôm readings: trỏ

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