辘辘

轆轆
lùlù
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 rumbling (of wheels)
  2. 2 rumbling (of an empty stomach)

Examples

HSK 6
Yuǎnchù chuánlái chēlún lùlù de shēngyīn.
The rumble of wheels came from far away.
HSK 7-9
Tā yì zhěngtiān méi chī dōngxi, è de dùzi lùlù zuòxiǎng.
He hadn't eaten all day, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger.

Tips

usage
A sound word for something rolling or rumbling. It survives mainly in 饥肠辘辘 'stomach rumbling with hunger' and in descriptions of carts. The same 辘 is in 辘轳, the windlass over a well.

Stroke Order

辘 lù