Usage of the character 罗

Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟／百济 ( Bǎijì) and Koguryo 高句麗／高句丽 ( Gāogōulí) around 660 in alliance with Tang China
unified Silla 658-935

luóhóu

罗睺

[羅睺]

the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit rahu)

xiūluó

修罗

[修羅]

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

Luódiàn

罗甸

[羅甸]

Luodian county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou

qǐluó

绮罗

[綺羅]

beautiful silk fabrics
person in beautiful silk dress

Luónà

罗纳

[羅納]

Rhone, river of Switzerland and France

Xiānluó

暹罗

[暹羅]

Siam (former name of Thailand)

pǔluó

普罗

[普羅]

proletariat (loanword)
abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞／普罗列塔利亚 (pǔluóliètǎlìyà)

sōuluó

搜罗

[搜羅]

to gather
to collect
to bring together

luōsuo

罗嗦

[羅嗦]

erroneous variant of 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuō)

hāluó

哈罗

[哈羅]

hello (loanword)

Luósī

罗斯

[羅斯]

Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name)
Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察／人权观察 ( Rénquán Guānchá)
Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯／基辅罗斯 ( Jīfǔ Luósī))

Luósuǒ

罗索

[羅索]

Roseau, capital of Dominica

zhāngluo

张罗

[張羅]

to take care of
to raise money
to attend to (guests, customers etc)

Luójié

罗杰

[羅傑]

Roger

Luóhú

罗湖

[羅湖]

Luohu district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong

luóduàn

罗缎

[羅緞]

ribbed

Luózī

罗兹

[羅茲]

Łódź, third largest city of Poland

luóliè

罗列

[羅列]

to list
to enumerate
(of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out
to be scattered about

luóhóu

罗喉

[羅喉]

variant of 羅睺／罗睺 (luóhóu)

Luódìng

罗定

[羅定]

Luoding, county-level city in Yunfu 雲浮／云浮 ( Yúnfú), Guangdong

lóuluo

喽罗

[嘍羅]

variant of 嘍囉／喽啰 (lóuluo)

luówǎng

罗网

[羅網]

net
fishing net
bird net

Bōluó

波罗

[波羅]

Polo (car made by Volkswagen)
surname Polo

luókǒu

罗口

[羅口]

rib collar
rib top of socks

Luódōng

罗东

[羅東]

Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣／宜兰县 ( Yílán Xiàn), Taiwan

Zhūluó

侏罗

[侏羅]

Jura mountains of eastern France and extending into Switzerland

Luóyǔ

罗语

[羅語]

Romanian language

Níluó

尼罗

[尼羅]

the Nile

Sǎoluó

扫罗

[掃羅]

Saul (name)
biblical king around 1000 BC

Luósòng

罗宋

[羅宋]

(dialect) Russia

luólā

罗拉

[羅拉]

roller (loanword)

luópán

罗盘

[羅盤]

compass

shīluó

尸罗

[尸羅]

sila (Buddhism)

Bóluó

博罗

[博羅]

Boluo county in Huizhou 惠州 ( Huìzhōu), Guangdong

luóchà

罗刹

[羅剎]

demon in Buddhism
poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food

Luólán

罗兰

[羅蘭]

Roland (name)

luózào

罗皂

[羅皂]

variant of 囉唣／啰唣 (luózào)

luólè

罗勒

[羅勒]

sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Luómǎ

罗马

[羅馬]

Rome, capital of Italy

shōuluó

收罗

[收羅]

to gather (people)
to collect (talent)
to come to an end

Luóshì

罗氏

[羅氏]

Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

luójīng

罗经

[羅經]

compass
same as 羅盤／罗盘

bāoluó

包罗

[包羅]

to include
to cover
to embrace

luóbài

罗拜

[羅拜]

to line up to pay homage

Luówén

罗文

[羅文]

Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer

Luójiāng

罗江

[羅江]

Luojiang county in Deyang 德陽／德阳 ( Déyáng), Sichuan

luóguō

罗锅

[羅鍋]

to hunch one's back (coll.)
a hunchback

tǎluó

塔罗

[塔羅]

tarot (loanword)

Mìluó

汨罗

[汨羅]

Miluo city in Hunan
Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival

Luólì

罗利

[羅利]

Raleigh, capital of North Carolina

luózào

罗唣

[羅唣]

variant of 囉唣／啰唣 (luózào)

luójué

罗掘

[羅掘]

to scrape together money (abbr. for 羅雀掘鼠／罗雀掘鼠 (luoqué-juéshu))

Luózhuāng

罗庄

[羅莊]

Luozhuang district of Linyi city 臨沂市／临沂市 ( Línyíshì), Shandong

Yánluó

阎罗

[閻羅]

(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

Luóyuán

罗源

[羅源]

Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市 ( Fuzhóu Shì), Fujian

luózhī

罗织

[羅織]

to frame sb
to cook up imaginary charges against sb

Luóshān

罗姗

[羅姍]

Roxanne or Roxane or Rosanna (name)

luóyù

罗预

[羅預]

(old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit)

Luógé

罗格

[羅格]

Logue or Rogge (name)
Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Luópíng

罗平

[羅平]

Luoping county in Qujing 曲靖 ( Qǔjìng), Yunnan

luóhàn

罗汉

[羅漢]

(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluohān))

Zuǒluó

佐罗

[佐羅]

Zorro

Luólín

罗琳

[羅琳]

Rowling (name)
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965-), author of the Harry Potter series of novels

Luósù

罗素

[羅素]

Russell (name)
Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British logician, rationalist philosopher and pacifist

Luóshān

罗山

[羅山]

Luoshan county in Xinyang 信陽／信阳, Henan

Luósuō

罗梭

[羅梭]

Roseau, capital of Dominica (Tw)

sēnluó

森罗

[森羅]

many things arranged together, or connected together
to go on limitlessly

luózhì

罗致

[羅致]

to employ
to recruit (talented personnel)
to gather together (a team)

Píngluó

平罗

[平羅]

Pingluo county in Shizuishan 石嘴山 ( Shízuǐshān), Ningxia

luówén

罗纹

[羅紋]

rib (in fabric)
ribbed pattern

Luó'ēn

罗恩

[羅恩]

Ron (name)

Luóshā

罗莎

[羅莎]

Rosa (name)

Kāiluó

开罗

[開羅]

Cairo, capital of Egypt

Mǐluó

米罗

[米羅]

Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish surrealist painter

Ménluó

门罗

[門羅]

Monroe (name)
James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth US president

luōsuo

罗唆

[羅唆]

erroneous variant of 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuō)

Luótián

罗田

[羅田]

Luotian county in Huanggang 黃岡／黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei

luóchéng

罗城

[羅城]

a second wall built around a city wall

Bǎoluó

保罗

[保羅]

Paul

Luóshuǐ

罗水

[羅水]

name of a river, the northern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江／汨罗江 ( Mìluójiāng)

luóguōqiáo

罗锅桥

[羅鍋橋]

a humpback bridge

Suǒluómén

所罗门

[所羅門]

Solomon (name)

Luó Jiāyīng

罗家英

[羅家英]

Law Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor

Luójiāngxiàn

罗江县

[羅江縣]

Luojiang county in Deyang 德陽／德阳 ( Déyáng), Sichuan

màntuóluó

曼陀罗

[曼陀羅]

(botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra")
mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")

tǎluókǎ

塔罗卡

[塔羅卡]

tarot card
Tarouca

Wéiluónà

维罗纳

[維羅納]

Verona

Jiāluóhuá

伽罗华

[伽羅華]

Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician

Bóluóxiàn

博罗县

[博羅縣]

Boluo county in Huizhou 惠州 ( Huìzhōu), Guangdong

Axiūluó

阿修罗

[阿修羅]

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

Kēluónà

科罗娜

[科羅娜]

Corona (beer)

āluóhàn

阿罗汉

[阿羅漢]

arhat (Sanskrit)
a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)

Sēnluódiàn

森罗殿

[森羅殿]

Yama's palace

Xīsīluó

希思罗

[希思羅]

Heathrow (a London airport)

Sāluómǎn

撒罗满

[撒羅滿]

Solomon (name)

Huà Luógēng

华罗庚

[華羅庚]

Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist

Aluóyuē

阿罗约

[阿羅約]

surname Arroyo

gēluófāng

哥罗芳

[哥羅芳]

(loanword) chloroform; trichloromethane CHCl3

Luó Chéngjiào

罗盛教

[羅盛教]

Luo Chengjiao (1931-1952), PRC hero of the volunteer army in Korea

luóhànbìng

罗汉病

[羅漢病]

snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm

Luódìngshì

罗定市

[羅定市]

Luoding, county-level city in Yunfu 雲浮／云浮 ( Yúnfú), Guangdong

Mǎzhūluó

马朱罗

[馬朱羅]

Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands

Bàoluótíng

鲍罗廷

[鮑羅廷]

Borodin (name)
Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

tuóluóní

陀罗尼

[陀羅尼]

incantation (Sanskrit: dharani)
religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)

bōláiluó

波莱罗

[波萊羅]

bolero (dance) (loanword)

luóquānjià

罗圈架

[羅圈架]

a quarrel in which third parties get involved

Luó Jiāliáng

罗嘉良

[羅嘉良]

Gallen Lo (1962-), Hong Kong actor and singer

Píngluóxiàn

平罗县

[平羅縣]

Pingluo county in Shizuishan 石嘴山 ( Shízuǐshān), Ningxia

luóbùmá

罗布麻

[羅布麻]

dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM

Luó Bǎomíng

罗保铭

[羅保銘]

Luo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan

Kēluónà

科罗纳

[科羅納]

Corona
Colonna

Luódé Dǎo

罗德岛

[羅德島]

Rhode Island, US state
Rhodes, an island of Greece

bōluómì

波罗蜜

[波羅蜜]

jackfruit
breadfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus

Luódōng Zhèn

罗东镇

[羅東鎮]

Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣／宜兰县 ( Yílán Xiàn), Taiwan

Luótiánxiàn

罗田县

[羅田縣]

Luotian county in Huanggang 黃岡／黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei

Jiāntuóluó

犍陀罗

[犍陀羅]

Gandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar

Luó Yīxiù

罗一秀

[羅一秀]

Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife

luóhàndòu

罗汉豆

[羅漢豆]

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

Nèiluóbì

内罗毕

[內羅畢]

Nairobi, capital of Kenya

luómànsī

罗曼司

[羅曼司]

romance (loanword)

Sīpèiluó

斯佩罗

[斯佩羅]

Spero (surname)

Bōluódì

波罗的

[波羅的]

Baltic

Abōluó

阿波罗

[阿波羅]

Apollo (loanword)

luóhàndù

罗汉肚

[羅漢肚]

potbelly

Aībùluó

埃布罗

[埃布羅]

Ebro river (in northeast Spain)

Luófúshān

罗浮山

[羅浮山]

Mt Luofushan in Zengcheng county, Guangdong

Luó Guànzhōng

罗贯中

[羅貫中]

Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works

Luómǎfǎ

罗马法

[羅馬法]

Roman law

luómǎhuà

罗马化

[羅馬化]

romanization

Luóbóxùn

罗伯逊

[羅伯遜]

Robertson (name)

gǔ Luómǎ

古罗马

[古羅馬]

ancient Rome

Xīnluóqū

新罗区

[新羅區]

Xinluo district of Longyan city 龍岩市／龙岩市, Fujian

luómǔjiǔ

罗姆酒

[羅姆酒]

rum (loanword)

Luójiésī

罗杰斯

[羅傑斯]

Rogers

Zhūluójì

侏罗纪

[侏羅紀]

Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)

luóquāntuǐ

罗圈腿

[羅圈腿]

bow-legged
bandy-legged

Eluósī

俄罗斯

[俄羅斯]

Russia

luóhànquán

罗汉拳

[羅漢拳]

Luohan Quan (Shaolin kung fu style)

Luóbùpō

罗布泊

[羅布泊]

Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed

Luóshēngmén

罗生门

[羅生門]

Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie
(fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth
unsolvable case

Bùfǎluó

布法罗

[布法羅]

Buffalo, New York state

Luónè Hé

罗讷河

[羅訥河]

Rhone River, France

Luó Màodēng

罗懋登

[羅懋登]

Luo Maodeng (16th century), Ming author of operas and popular fiction

Luóhúqū

罗湖区

[羅湖區]

Luohu district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong

luópándù

罗盘度

[羅盤度]

roulette

Mèngluóyuán

梦罗园

[夢羅園]

Menlo Park, New Jersey, the home of Thomas Edison's research laboratory

Kēmóluó

科摩罗

[科摩羅]

Union of Comoros

Luóshānxiàn

罗山县

[羅山縣]

Luoshan county in Xinyang 信陽／信阳, Henan

Pǔluódí

普罗迪

[普羅迪]

Prodi (surname)

luówényā

罗纹鸭

[羅紋鴨]

(bird species of China) falcated duck (Anas falcata)

Luóbócí

罗伯茨

[羅伯茨]

Roberts

Luónà Hé

罗纳河

[羅納河]

Rhone, river of Switzerland and France

zǐluólán

紫罗兰

[紫羅蘭]

(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)
(botany) violet

Luóxiāo Shān

罗霄山

[羅霄山]

Luoxiao Mountains, mountain range straddling the border between Jiangxi and Hunan

Níluó Hé

尼罗河

[尼羅河]

Nile (river)

Luófúgōng

罗浮宫

[羅浮宮]

the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)

Aòsāiluó

奥塞罗

[奧塞羅]

Othello, 1604 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚

Luó Shìchāng

罗世昌

[羅世昌]

Luo Shichang, Qing dynasty painter

Aòsàiluó

奥赛罗

[奧賽羅]

Othello (play by Shakespeare)

Luóbīnhàn

罗宾汉

[羅賓漢]

Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)

Jiāluówǎ

伽罗瓦

[伽羅瓦]

Évariste Galois (1811-1832), French mathematician

luófēiyú

罗非鱼

[羅非魚]

tilapia

Xiānluóyǔ

暹罗语

[暹羅語]

Siamese (Thai) language

Luóchéngxiàn

罗城县

[羅城縣]

Luocheng Mulao autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州／贺州 ( Hèzhōu), Guangxi

Luómànnuò

罗曼诺

[羅曼諾]

Romano (name)

Luódiànxiàn

罗甸县

[羅甸縣]

Luodian county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou

Táiluózì

台罗字

[臺羅字]

Tai-lo, romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (abbr. for 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案／台湾闽南语罗马字拼音方案 ( Táiwán Minnǎnyu Luomázi Pinyīn Fāngān))

Shèngbǎoluó

圣保罗

[聖保羅]

St Paul
São Paulo, city in Brazil

bāluókè

巴罗克

[巴羅克]

baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword)

yǎluóyú

雅罗鱼

[雅羅魚]

dace

Mìluójiāng

汨罗江

[汨羅江]

Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake

Póluómén

婆罗门

[婆羅門]

Brahmin

Yánluówáng

阎罗王

[閻羅王]

(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

màntúluó

曼荼罗

[曼荼羅]

(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala

kēluóbǎn

珂罗版

[珂羅版]

collotype (printing) (loanword)

luóhànyú

罗汉鱼

[羅漢魚]

flowerhorn cichlid

Luó Rónghuán

罗荣桓

[羅榮桓]

Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader

Luómǎxié

罗马鞋

[羅馬鞋]

caligae (sandals worn by Roman soldiers in ancient times)
(fashion) Roman-style sandals
ankle-strap sandals

Luópánzuò

罗盘座

[羅盤座]

Pyxis (constellation)

Luópíngxiàn

罗平县

[羅平縣]

Luoping county in Qujing 曲靖 ( Qǔjìng), Yunnan

Bāluózuǒ

巴罗佐

[巴羅佐]

José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal 2002-04, president of EU Commission from 2004-2014

luóhànguǒ

罗汉果

[羅漢果]

monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine

Luólúnsī

罗伦斯

[羅倫斯]

Lawrence (city in Kansas, USA)

Mòluóní

莫罗尼

[莫羅尼]

Moroni, capital of Comoros

hèluótú

赫罗图

[赫羅圖]

(astronomy) Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Oūluóbā

欧罗巴

[歐羅巴]

Europe

Póluózhōu

婆罗洲

[婆羅洲]

Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

Shīluódé

施罗德

[施羅德]

Schröder (name)
Gerhard Schröder (1944-), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998-2005

luóquānr

罗圈儿

[羅圈兒]

erhua variant of 羅圈／罗圈 (luóquān)

Luóyuán Xiàn

罗源县

[羅源縣]

Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市 ( Fuzhóu Shì), Fujian

Luómǎshū

罗马书

[羅馬書]

Epistle of St Paul to the Romans

Luójiǎwǎ

罗贾瓦

[羅賈瓦]

Rojava (de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria)

Luó Zhìxiáng

罗志祥

[羅志祥]

Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star

Luōfūnuò

罗夫诺

[羅夫諾]

Rivne (or Rovno), city in western Ukraine
Rivne (Oblast)

Luóbīnxùn

罗宾逊

[羅賓遜]

Robinson (name)

Gēluóxī

歌罗西

[歌羅西]

Colossia

Xīluódǐ

希罗底

[希羅底]

Herodium (town in biblical Judea)

Suǒluósī

索罗斯

[索羅斯]

Soros (name)
George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist

Luómǔrén

罗姆人

[羅姆人]

Romani, an ethnic group of Europe

Nuòjǔluó

诺矩罗

[諾矩羅]

Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神 ( Qīngshén), Sichuan

Luósīfú

罗斯福

[羅斯福]

Roosevelt (name)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945

Bàoluódīng

鲍罗丁

[鮑羅丁]

Borodin (name)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

luómǎzì

罗马字

[羅馬字]

the Latin alphabet

Luóbótè

罗伯特

[羅伯特]

Robert (name)

diéluóhàn

叠罗汉

[疊羅漢]

human pyramid

nígéluó

尼格罗

[尼格羅]

negro (loanword)

Luómǎnuò

罗马诺

[羅馬諾]

Romano (name)

Yīntuóluó

因陀罗

[因陀羅]

Indra (a Hindu deity)

tiānfùluó

天妇罗

[天婦羅]

tempura
deep-fried cooking
also called 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)

Luózhuāngqū

罗庄区

[羅莊區]

Luozhuang district of Linyi city 臨沂市／临沂市 ( Línyíshì), Shandong

Luósòngtāng

罗宋汤

[羅宋湯]

borscht, a traditional beetroot soup

Luómì'ōu

罗密欧

[羅密歐]

Romeo (name)

Suǒluómén

索罗门

[索羅門]

Solomon (name)
Solomon (Islands)

Mìluóshì

汨罗市

[汨羅市]

Miluo county-level city in Yueyang prefecture 岳陽／岳阳, Hunan

Báiluósī

白罗斯

[白羅斯]

Belarus

Luódé Dǎo

罗得岛

[羅得島]

Rhode Island, US state
Rhodes, an island of Greece

luómànshǐ

罗曼史

[羅曼史]

romance (loanword)
love affair

luóguōr

罗锅儿

[羅鍋兒]

erhua variant of 羅鍋／罗锅 (luóguō)

Luó'āndá

罗安达

[羅安達]

Luanda, capital of Angola

luómànshǐ

罗曼使

[羅曼使]

romance
love affair
more commonly written 羅曼史／罗曼史

Quánluódào

全罗道

[全羅道]

Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道／全罗北道 ( Quánluóběidào) and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道／全罗南道 ( Quánluónándào)

Hāluódé

哈罗德

[哈羅德]

Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)

Gāo Luópèi

高罗佩

[高羅珮]

Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer

Xīsāiluó

西塞罗

[西塞羅]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony

Yàluó Hào

亚罗号

[亞羅號]

the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)

Fèijiāluóbào

费加罗报

[費加羅報]

Le Figaro

Luó'ěrdìnglǐ

罗尔定理

[羅爾定理]

Rolle's theorem (in calculus)

luóquānryī

罗圈儿揖

[羅圈兒揖]

to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)

Luómǎzìmǔ

罗马字母

[羅馬字母]

Roman letters
Roman alphabet

Eluósīzú

俄罗斯族

[俄羅斯族]

Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc)
Russian nationality
Russians (of Russia)

Eluósīrén

俄罗斯人

[俄羅斯人]

Russian (person)

jíluómǐtū

吉罗米突

[吉羅米突]

kilometer (old) (loanword)

luólüjìcún

罗缕纪存

[羅縷紀存]

to record and preserve

Luómóyǎnnà

罗摩衍那

[羅摩衍那]

the Ramayana (Indian epic)

Luónà'ěrduō

罗纳尔多

[羅納爾多]

Ronaldo (name)
Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player

Jīfǔ Luósī

基辅罗斯

[基輔羅斯]

Kievan Rus', East Slavic state that reached its peak in the early to mid-11th century

Pǔluówàngsī

普罗旺斯

[普羅旺斯]

Provence (south of France)

Suǒluóbābó

所罗巴伯

[所羅巴伯]

Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)

luóquè-juéshǔ

罗雀掘鼠

[羅雀掘鼠]

lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom)
fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

Tèluóduōsī

特罗多斯

[特羅多斯]

Troodos, Cyprus

tǒngyī Xīnluó

统一新罗

[統一新羅]

unified Silla (658-935), Korean kingdom

Aìxīn Juéluó

爱新觉罗

[愛新覺羅]

Aisin Gioro, family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty

Guādéluópǔ

瓜德罗普

[瓜德羅普]

Guadeloupe

Móhóuluójiā

摩睺罗伽

[摩睺羅伽]

Mahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity
a protector deity of Buddhist law

luówēinàquǎn

罗威纳犬

[羅威納犬]

Rottweiler (dog breed)

Luósītuōfū

罗斯托夫

[羅斯托夫]

Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)

Luódésī Dǎo

罗得斯岛

[羅得斯島]

Rhodes, Mediterranean island

Luómǎníyà

罗马尼亚

[羅馬尼亞]

Romania

Luómǎlǐ'ào

罗马里奥

[羅馬里奧]

Romário

Kèluódìyà

克罗地亚

[克羅地亞]

Croatia

Fóluólúnsà

佛罗伦萨

[佛羅倫薩]

Florence, city in Italy

Géluózīní

格罗兹尼

[格羅茲尼]

Grozny, capital of Chechen Republic, Russia

Géluónínggēn

格罗宁根

[格羅寧根]

Groningen, province and city in the Netherlands

Pǔluózhākè

普罗扎克

[普羅扎克]

Prozac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)

bāoluówànxiàng

包罗万象

[包羅萬象]

all-embracing
all-inclusive

Méngluówéiyà

蒙罗维亚

[蒙羅維亞]

Monrovia, capital of Liberia

Tāngjiālǐluó

汤加里罗

[湯加里羅]

Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand

Tǔhuǒluórén

吐火罗人

[吐火羅人]

Tokharian people of central Asia

Sēnluóbǎodiàn

森罗宝殿

[森羅寶殿]

Yama's palace

Luóshìjǐhé

罗氏几何

[羅氏幾何]

hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry

Wòluónièrì

沃罗涅日

[沃羅湼日]

Voronezh, city in the southwest of European Russia

Méngtuōluólā

蒙托罗拉

[蒙托羅拉]

Motorola

Sēngjiāluóyǔ

僧加罗语

[僧加羅語]

Sinhalese (language)

Fóluólúnsī

佛罗伦斯

[佛羅倫斯]

Florence, city in Italy (Tw)

Pǔluótínuò

普罗提诺

[普羅提諾]

Plotinus (204-270), Neoplatonism philosopher

nuòluóbìngdú

诺罗病毒

[諾羅病毒]

norovirus (Tw) (loanword)

Aìluóxiānkē

爱罗先珂

[愛羅先珂]

Vasili Eroshenko (1890-1952), Russian writer and poet who wrote in Esperanto and Japanese

kèlúntèluō

克仑特罗

[克侖特羅]

clenbuterol

Bāsàiluónà

巴塞罗那

[巴塞羅那]

Barcelona

Luóshìjǐhé

罗式几何

[羅式幾何]

hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry

Mótuōluólā

摩托罗垃

[摩托羅垃]

Motorola (company)

Kēluó'ēnbìng

科罗恩病

[科羅恩病]

Krohn's disease

póluóménjiào

婆罗门教

[婆羅門教]

Brahmanism
Hinduism

Xīnluó Wángcháo

新罗王朝

[新羅王朝]

Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟／百济 ( Bǎijì) and Koguryo 高句麗／高句丽 ( Gāogōulí) around 660 in alliance with Tang China
unified Silla 658-935

Luóqiēsītè

罗切斯特

[羅切斯特]

Rochester

Hābóluónèi

哈博罗内

[哈博羅內]

Gaborone, capital of Botswana

Bānjiāluó'ěr

班加罗尔

[班加羅爾]

Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦／卡纳塔克邦 ( Kǎnàtǎkèbāng)

Kèluónuòsī

克罗诺斯

[克羅諾斯]

Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology)

Bōluódì Hǎi

波罗的海

[波羅的海]

Baltic Sea

Oūluóbā Zhōu

欧罗巴洲

[歐羅巴洲]

Europe
abbr. to 歐洲／欧洲 ( Oūzhōu)

Aībùluó Hé

埃布罗河

[埃布羅河]

Ebro River (in northeast Spain)

Luóxìngyǎrén

罗兴亚人

[羅興亞人]

Rohingya (predominantly Muslim ethnic group primarily residing in Rakhine State, Myanmar)

ǎijiǎoluósǎn

矮脚罗伞

[矮腳羅傘]

Ardisia villosa

līlīluōluō

哩哩罗罗

[哩哩羅羅]

endless mumbling (onom.)
verbose and incomprehensible
talking endlessly

Méngdì Kǎluó

蒙地卡罗

[蒙地卡羅]

Monte-Carlo (Monaco) (Tw)

bèiduōluóshù

贝多罗树

[貝多羅樹]

Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media

Kēluólāduō

科罗拉多

[科羅拉多]

Colorado

Yuēhàn Bǎoluó

约翰保罗

[約翰保羅]

John Paul (name)
Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005

jīluómǐtū

基罗米突

[基羅米突]

kilometer (old) (loanword)

zǐluólánsè

紫罗兰色

[紫羅蘭色]

violet (color)

Luómǎ Dìguó

罗马帝国

[羅馬帝國]

Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)

Póluófútú

婆罗浮屠

[婆羅浮屠]

Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)

luómàndìkè

罗曼蒂克

[羅曼蒂克]

romantic (loanword)

Sàbādéluó

萨巴德罗

[薩巴德羅]

Zapatero (name)
José Luis Zapatero (1960-), Spanish PSOE politician, prime minister of Spain 2004-2011

Dáluópítú

达罗毗荼

[達羅毗荼]

Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)

Ménluó Zhǔyì

门罗主义

[門羅主義]

Monroe Doctrine

xīngluóqíbù

星罗棋布

[星羅棋布]

scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place

Quánluónándào

全罗南道

[全羅南道]

South Jeolla Province, in southwest South Korea, capital Gwangju 光州 ( Guāngzhōu)

Quánluóběidào

全罗北道

[全羅北道]

North Jeolla Province, in west South Korea, capital Jeonju 全州 ( Quánzhōu)

Tuōluósīshān

托罗斯山

[托羅斯山]

Taurus mountains of south Turkey

Kǎsītèluó

卡斯特罗

[卡斯特羅]

Castro (name)
Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008

tiānluódìwǎng

天罗地网

[天羅地網]

inescapable net (idiom)
trap
dragnet

Lāfūluófū

拉夫罗夫

[拉夫羅夫]

Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004

kěkěbōluó

可可波罗

[可可波羅]

cocobolo (loanword)

Luómǎ Gōngjiào

罗马公教

[羅馬公教]

Roman Catholicism

Luómǎshùzì

罗马数字

[羅馬數字]

Roman numerals

Fǎluó Qúndǎo

法罗群岛

[法羅群島]

Faroe Islands

Luótuōlǔwǎ

罗托鲁瓦

[羅托魯瓦]

Rotorua, city in New Zealand

Kǎluólìnà

卡罗利纳

[卡羅利納]

Carolina (Puerto Rico)

Luómànyǔzú

罗曼语族

[羅曼語族]

Romance language family

Mótuōluólā

摩托罗拉

[摩托羅拉]

Motorola

Luómǎliángxié

罗马凉鞋

[羅馬涼鞋]

Roman sandals
ankle-strap sandals

Luósītuōkè

罗斯托克

[羅斯托克]

Rostock (city in Germany)

Pàwǎluódì

帕瓦罗蒂

[帕瓦羅蒂]

Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), Italian operatic tenor

Luómǎjiàotíng

罗马教廷

[羅馬教廷]

the Church (as Royal Court)
the Holy See
the Vatican

Fúluólǐdá

弗罗里达

[弗羅里達]

Florida, US state

ménkěluóquè

门可罗雀

[門可羅雀]

you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

Fúluólǐdá

佛罗里达

[佛羅里達]

Florida

Kāiluó Dàxué

开罗大学

[開羅大學]

Cairo University

Jiūmóluóshí

鸠摩罗什

[鳩摩羅什]

Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

Luóchèsītè

罗彻斯特

[羅徹斯特]

Rochester

Luóbùlínkǎ

罗布林卡

[羅布林卡]

Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet

Luósīnièfū

罗斯涅夫

[羅斯涅夫]

Rosneft (Russian state oil company)

Luóshìxiànquān

罗氏线圈

[羅氏線圈]

Rogowski coil

Màonàluóyà

冒纳罗亚

[冒納羅亞]

Moanalua, Hawaiian volcano

Duōnǎtàiluó

多那太罗

[多那太羅]

Donatello (c. 1386-1466)
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor

Sàhǎluófū

萨哈罗夫

[薩哈羅夫]

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist

língluó-chóuduàn

绫罗绸缎

[綾羅綢緞]

(idiom) silk and satin

zìtóuluówǎng

自投罗网

[自投羅網]

to walk right into the trap

Gēluóxīshū

歌罗西书

[歌羅西書]

Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians

Mǎkě Bōluó

马可波罗

[馬可波羅]

Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)

Zhíbùluótuó

直布罗陀

[直布羅陀]

Gibraltar

Aī'àoluósī

埃奥罗斯

[埃奧羅斯]

Aeolus, Greek God of winds

Zāgéluósī

扎格罗斯

[扎格羅斯]

Zagros mountains of southwest Iran

pǔluódàzhòng

普罗大众

[普羅大眾]

proletariat
abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞／普罗列塔利亚 (pǔluóliètǎlìyà) plus masses
also written 無產階級／无产阶级 (wúchǎnjiējí) in PRC Marxist theory

Bái'éluósī

白俄罗斯

[白俄羅斯]

Belarus

Yàluóshìdǎ

亚罗士打

[亞羅士打]

Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia

Léi· Luómǎnuò

雷·罗马诺

[雷·羅馬諾]

Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian

Méngtènèigēluó

蒙特内哥罗

[蒙特內哥羅]

Montenegro (Tw)

Luóméngnuòsuǒfū

罗蒙诺索夫

[羅蒙諾索夫]

Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer

Luómónuòsuǒfū

罗摩诺索夫

[羅摩諾索夫]

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath

Xīsīluó Jīchǎng

希斯罗机场

[希斯羅機場]

Heathrow Airport (international airport near London)

Abōluójìhuà

阿波罗计划

[阿波羅計劃]

the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project

Luógésī Dàxué

罗格斯大学

[羅格斯大學]

Rutgers University (New Jersey)

Eluósī Dìguó

俄罗斯帝国

[俄羅斯帝國]

Russian empire (1546-1917)

dōng Luómǎ Dìguó

东罗马帝国

[東羅馬帝國]

Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)

Pǔluówàngsīyǔ

普罗旺斯语

[普羅旺斯語]

Provençal (language)

Délākèluówǎ

德拉克罗瓦

[德拉克羅瓦]

Delacroix (painter)

Eluósīlúnpán

俄罗斯轮盘

[俄羅斯輪盤]

Russian roulette

Jiāluólín Qúndǎo

加罗林群岛

[加羅林群島]

Caroline Islands

Pǔluówéidēngsī

普罗维登斯

[普羅維登斯]

Providence, capital of Rhode Island

Fúluóxīluòfū

伏罗希洛夫

[伏羅希洛夫]

Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander

Aīsīkùluósī

埃斯库罗斯

[埃斯庫羅斯]

Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against Thebes etc

Kèluódìyàyǔ

克罗地亚语

[克羅地亞語]

Croatian (language)

Afǎ Luómì'ōu

阿法罗密欧

[阿法羅密歐]

Alfa Romeo

Luómǎdòushòuchǎng

罗马斗兽场

[羅馬鬥獸場]

Colosseum (Rome)

Suǒluóyàsīdé

琐罗亚斯德

[瑣羅亞斯德]

Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 1200 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism

bōrěbōluómì

般若波罗密

[般若波羅密]

prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)

Afúluódítè

阿芙罗狄忒

[阿芙羅狄忒]

see 阿佛洛狄忒 ( Afúluòdítè)

Mǐkāilǎngjīluó

米开朗基罗

[米開朗基羅]

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor

Kēluólāduōzhōu

科罗拉多州

[科羅拉多州]

Colorado

Guóyǔ Luómǎzì

国语罗马字

[國語羅馬字]

Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26

Jiātàiluóníyà

加泰罗尼亚

[加泰羅尼亞]

Catalonia

Yàluó Hào Shìjiàn

亚罗号事件

[亞羅號事件]

the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)

Bóluóbēnnísā

伯罗奔尼撒

[伯羅奔尼撒]

Peloponnese (peninsula in southern Greece)

Nán Kǎluóláinà

南卡罗来纳

[南卡羅來納]

South Carolina, US state

Fúluólǐdázhōu

弗罗里达州

[弗羅里達州]

Florida, US state

sānsèzǐluólán

三色紫罗兰

[三色紫羅蘭]

pansy

Dáluósīzhī Zhàn

怛罗斯之战

[怛羅斯之戰]

Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河 ( Tǎlāsī Hé), in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion

Suǒluóyàsītè

琐罗亚斯特

[瑣羅亞斯特]

Zoroaster

Sàhǎluófūjiǎng

萨哈罗夫奖

[薩哈羅夫獎]

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)

Luóbìdáfǎzé

罗必达法则

[羅必達法則]

L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)

Móhēpóluóduō

摩诃婆罗多

[摩訶婆羅多]

Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那／罗摩衍那 ( Luómóyǎnnà), possibly originally c. 4th century BC

Kèluó'āixīyà

克罗埃西亚

[克羅埃西亞]

Croatia (Tw)

Nuòfūgēluódé

诺夫哥罗德

[諾夫哥羅德]

Novgorod, city in Russia

Luósāitǎ Shíbēi

罗塞塔石碑

[羅塞塔石碑]

Rosetta Stone

Afújiādéluó

阿伏伽德罗

[阿伏伽德羅]

Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist

Mǎtuōgé Luósuǒ

马托格罗索

[馬託格羅索]

Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil

Tiěsāluóníjiā

帖撒罗尼迦

[帖撒羅尼迦]

Thessalonica

Pǔluófūdífū

普罗夫迪夫

[普羅夫迪夫]

Plovdiv, city in Bulgaria

Luóbósībì'ěr

罗伯斯庇尔

[羅伯斯庇爾]

Robespierre (name)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794

Jiāluówǎlǐlùn

伽罗瓦理论

[伽羅瓦理論]