Chinese symbol for “grumble”
噜
lū
Traditional: 嚕
grumble; chatter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grumble is 噜 (lū), defined as: grumble; chatter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grumble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诉苦 (訴苦) | sù kǔ | to grumble; to complain |
| 叽 (嘰) | jī | grumble |
| 磨豆腐 | mò dòu fu | to grumble; to chatter away incessantly |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 噜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咕噜 (咕嚕) | gū lu | (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove) |
| 打呼噜 (打呼嚕) | dǎ hū lu | to snore |
| 呼噜 (呼嚕) | hū lū | (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing, or a cat purring |
| 叽里咕噜 (嘰里咕嚕) | jī li gū lū | see 叽哩咕噜 (jī li gū lū) |
| 呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕) | hū lū lū | (onom.) to snore; wheezing |
| 噜苏 (嚕囌) | lū sū | see 啰唆 (luō suo) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grumble”.
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.