牢
láo HSK6

prison

牢 láo
prison noun
a place of confinement or jail

他已经坐了十年牢。

tā yǐ​jīng zuò le shí nián láo.

He has been in prison for ten years.

firm adjective
firm, sturdy, or secure

这台机器安装得很牢。

zhè tái jī​qì ān​zhuāng de hěn láo.

This machine is installed very securely.

fold noun
a pen or enclosure for animals

牧民赶紧把跑散的羊群重新赶回了牢里。

mù​mín gǎn​jǐn bǎ pǎo​sàn de yáng​qún chóng​xīn gǎn​huí le láo lǐ.

The herdsman hurried to herd the scattered sheep back into the pen.

sacrifice noun
sacrificial animals used in ancient rituals

古代祭祀时，人们会根据仪式等级选择不同规格的牢。

gǔ​dài jì​sì shí, rén​men huì gēn​jù yí​shì děng​jí xuǎn​zé bù​tóng guī​gé de láo.

In ancient sacrificial rites, people would choose different grades of sacrificial livestock based on the rank of the ceremony.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,696th most common 54.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,204th most common 70.4 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
25.8 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
9.14 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+7262

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)