骆驼 (luòtuo) · camel

Measure Word

一头骆驼 tóu

Meanings

1 camel

Characters

骆

luò

camel (used in compound)

驼

tuo

hump; hunchback

Examples

HSK 5

沙漠里有很多骆驼。

Shāmò lǐ yǒu hěnduō luòtuo.

There are many camels in the desert.

HSK 5

骆驼能在沙漠中走很远。

Luòtuo néng zài shāmò zhōng zǒu hěn yuǎn.

Camels can travel a long way in the desert.

Tips

culture

The novel 骆驼祥子 is the title of a famous novel by Lao She, about a Beijing rickshaw puller nicknamed 'Camel Xiangzi.'

memory

Both characters share the 马 (horse) radical - camels were seen as a type of exotic 'horse' in ancient China.

Stroke Order

骆 Luò

驼 tuó

Related Words

骆驼黄 luòtuóhuáng

camel bezoar (gallstone from a camel, used in traditional medicine) / camel yellow (color)

骆驼祥子 Luòtuo Xiángzi

Rickshaw Boy (Camel Xiangzi), Lao She's novel about a Beijing rickshaw puller

驼 tuó #16,217

hump / hunchbacked / camel

驼背 tuóbèi #15,424

hunchback; stooping posture / hunchbacked; hunched over

surname Luo / (archaic) white horse with a black mane / camel (in 骆驼)

骆宾王 Luò Bīnwáng

Luo Binwang, early Tang poet, one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang

王杨卢骆 Wáng Yáng Lú Luò

Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang

油茶 yóuchá

youcha / oil tea / tea-oil tree (Camellia oleifera)