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Mandarin · Pinyin
- lǚ
- Lǚ
English
- surname
- surname Lü
- pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Lui"
- a musical note
粵語
- 姓
As a component in · 45
Variants
Words containing 呂
- 風呂fung1 leoi5
Japanese bathtub
- 呂望leoi5 mong6
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- 呂祖leoi5 zou2
Lu Dongbin, a legendary figure considered immortal and worshipped as a deity in the Taoist tradition
- 呂覽leoi5 laam5
"Mr Lü's Annals", same as 呂氏春秋|吕氏春秋[Lu:3 shi4 Chun1 qiu1]
- 呂布leoi5 bou3
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
- 呂梁leoi5 loeng4
see 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4]
- 呂蒙leoi5 mung4
Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
- 律呂leot6 leoi5
tuning; temperament
- 呂岩leoi5 ngaam4
Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet
- 呂宋leoi5 sung3
Luzon, place in Philipines
- 呂宋煙leoi5 sung3 jin1
Cigar
- 呂宋芒leoi5 sung3 mong1
Luzon mango
- 呂貝克leoi5 bui3 hak1
Lübeck, Germany
- 呂宋海峽leoi5 sung3 hoi2 haap6
Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
- 呂梁市leoi5 loeng4 si5
Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 呂布戟leoi5 bou3 gik1
snake halberd
- 呂純陽leoi5 seon4 joeng4
see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lu:3 Dong4 bin1]
- 呂宋島leoi5 sung3 dou2
Luzon Island, north Philippines
- 呂不韋leoi5 bat1 wai4
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
- 呂嘉民leoi5 gaa1 man4
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer
- 呂洞賓leoi5 dung6 ban1
Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
- 狗咬呂洞賓gau2 ngaau5 leoi5 dung6 ban1
to describe someone who is unable to tell good from bad and ill rewards someone's kindness
- 呂良偉leoi5 loeng4 wai5
Ray Lui, name of an actor
- 呂氏春秋leoi5 si6 ceon1 cau1
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]