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Keyword
the 12th lunar month
  • December
  • year's end sacrifice
  • dried meat
Frequency
#1450
Strokes
12
Readings
là100%
Mnemonic
A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
古希腊gǔXīlà
ancient Greece
腊肉làròu
meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
腊là
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
腊xī
dried meat; also pr. xí
希腊语Xīlàyǔ
Greek language
苏门答腊Sūméndálà
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
腊月Làyuè
twelfth lunar month
希腊文Xīlàwén
Greek literature
真腊Zhēnlà
Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia; Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
苏门答腊岛SūméndálàDǎo
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
腊梅làméi
wintersweet; Japanese allspice; Chimonanthus praecox
腊八粥làbāzhōu
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
烧腊shāolà
siu mei (烧味 (shāowèi)) made from cured meat 腊肉 (làròu)
勐腊县MěnglàXiàn
Mengla, a county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture 西双版纳傣族自治州 (XīshuāngbǎnnàDǎizúZìzhìzhōu), Yunnan
腊八节làbājié
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
残冬腊月cándōnglàyuè
final days of the lunar year