Chinese symbol for “flooded”
潦
lǎo
flooded; heavy rain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flooded is 潦 (lǎo), defined as: flooded; heavy rain.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “flooded”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涝 (澇) | lào | flooded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 潦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潦倒 | liáo dǎo | down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated |
| 潦草 | liáo cǎo | slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible |
| 穷困潦倒 (窮困潦倒) | qióng kùn liáo dǎo | (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope |
| 穷愁潦倒 (窮愁潦倒) | qióng chóu liáo dǎo | impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless |
| 贫穷潦倒 (貧窮潦倒) | pín qióng liáo dǎo | destitute; poverty-stricken |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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