Chinese word dictionary

呜呜祖拉

wū wū zǔ lā · vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)

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Word information

Simplified呜呜祖拉

Traditional嗚嗚祖拉

Pinyinwū wū zǔ lā

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

呜wū

the sound of someone crying or sobbing

呜wū

the sound of someone crying or sobbing

祖zǔ

ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname

拉lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

How to learn 呜呜祖拉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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拉lā

to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels

祖国zǔguó

motherland

祖先zǔxiān

ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

拉动lādòng

to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth)

拉链lāliàn

zipper

拉拢lālǒng

to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice