Chinese Word: 拢 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

拢 (Trad.: 攏)HSK 6

Pinyin: lǒng

English Definition: to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)

Chinese Definition:
①凑起，总合：拢共。拢总。归拢。
②靠近，船只靠岸：拢岸。拉拢。
③使不松散或不离开：收拢。拢音。把孩子拢在怀里。
④梳，用梳子整理头发：拢一拢头发。
⑤合上，聚集：她笑得嘴都合不拢了。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:龙 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 笼庞宠茏垅

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靠拢HSK 6	kào lǒng	to draw close to
拉拢	lā lǒng	to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
围拢	wéi lǒng	to crowd around
合拢	hé lǒng	to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
聚拢	jù lǒng	to gather together

1		tā 她 xiào dé 笑得 hé bù lǒng zuǐ 合不拢嘴。 She laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.
2		tā 她 bǎ 把 hái zi 孩子 lǒng 拢 zài 在 huái lǐ 怀里。 She held her child in her arms.
3		bǎo bǎo 宝宝 hěn 很 xǐ huan 喜欢 tīng 听 bà ba 爸爸 jiǎng 讲 zì jǐ 自己 xiǎo shí hou 小时候 de 的 qù shì 趣事， měi cì 每次 dōu 都 xiào dé 笑得 hé bù lǒng zuǐ 合不拢嘴。 bà ba 爸爸 wèn 问 tā 他 zài 在 xiào 笑 shén me 什么， tā 他 shuō 说： “ nǐ 你 xiǎo shí hou 小时候 zhēn 真 shǎ 傻 á 啊！ ” This baby loves to hear his dad's childhood stories and laughs uncontrollably every time. His dad asked him why he was laughing, and he said, "You were so silly when you were a kid!"