驴
donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2]
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Dict coverage rank #1,938 U+9A74
How 驴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 户 (phonetic, hù)
How to remember it
donkey · Heisig RSH #2903
马 horse + 户 door
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 户
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 户 (hù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 芦 | lú | rushes, reeds |
| 雇 | gù | employment; to hire, to employ |
| 沪 | hù | Shanghai; the Shanghai river |
| 妒 | dù | jealous, envious |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 驴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驴年马月 | lǘ nián mǎ yuè | see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4] |
| 非驴非马 | fēi lǘ fēi mǎ | neither fish nor fowl; resembling nothing on earth |
| 电驴子 | diàn lǘ zi | (dialect) motorcycle |
| 驴唇不对马嘴 | lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ | (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark; irr… |
| 小电驴 | xiǎo diàn lǘ | (coll.) electric scooter; electric moped; (dialect) scooter |
| 好心当成驴肝肺 | hǎo xīn dàng chéng lǘ gān fèi | (saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will |
| 博士买驴 | bó shì mǎi lǘ | (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even men… |
| 驴唇马嘴 | lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ | (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom); (fig.) wide of the mark; irre… |
| 驴子 | lǘ zi | donkey; ass |
| 电驴 | diàn lǘ | (slang) electric bicycle or scooter (moped-style) |
| 毛驴 | máo lǘ | donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2] |
| 母驴 | mǔ lǘ | jenny; female donkey |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō | (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey i… |
| 野驴 | yě lǘ | onager (Equus onager) |
| 驴友 | lǘ yǒu | backpacker; travel buddy |
| 骑驴找马 | qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while … |
| 婚驴 | hūn lǘ | (derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, wom… |
| 别人牵驴你拔橛子 | bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi | lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom… |
| 卸磨杀驴 | xiè mò shā lǘ | lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he h… |
| 人家牵驴你拔橛 | rén jiā qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué | see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5] |