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炉 lú

fireplace, furnace, oven, stove

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
火
Traditional
爐
Type
Ideograph
Made of 火户 ⿰火户

Memory hint: A fire 火 in one's home 户

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  1. 厨房里有一个新炉灶。
    Chúfáng li yǒu yí gè xīn lúzào.
    There's a new stove in the kitchen.
    kitchen in have one (measure) new stove
  2. 冬天你们家用炉子取暖吗？
    Dōngtiān nǐmen jiā yòng lúzi qǔnuǎn ma?
    Does your family use a stove for heat in winter?
    winter you-plural home use stove get-warm (question)
  3. 天冷了，我们生个炉火吧。
    Tiān lěng le, wǒmen shēng gè lúhuǒ ba.
    It's cold, let's light a stove fire.
    sky cold (particle), we light (measure) stove-fire (suggestion)
  4. 这个炉灶好久没用了，坏了。
    Zhège lúzào hǎojiǔ méi yòng le, huài le.
    This stove hasn't been used in a long time, it's broken.
    this (measure) stove long-time not use (particle), broken (particle)
  5. 农村的老房子里常常能看到传统炉灶。
    Nóngcūn de lǎo fángzi li chángcháng néng kàndào chuántǒng lúzào.
    In old houses in the countryside, you can often see traditional stoves.
    countryside (particle) old house in often can see traditional stove

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