| 芦 | lú | rush; reed; Phragmites communis |
| 葫芦 | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled |
| 芦沟桥 | Lú gōu qiáo | Lugou bridge or Marco Polo bridge, the scene of "incident" sparking WW2 between Japan and China |
| 芦苇 | lú wěi | reed |
| 芦笙 | lú shēng | reed-pipe wind instrument |
| 闷葫芦 | mèn hú lu | lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person |
| 依样画葫芦 | yī yàng huà hú lu | to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality; to crib; to ape; to plagiarize |
| 冰糖葫芦 | bīng táng hú lu | tanghulu; candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack |
| 宝葫芦 | bǎo hú lu | magic gourd, granting your every wish |
| 宝葫芦的秘密 | bǎo hú lu de mì mì | Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi 张天翼 |
| 手扳葫芦 | shǒu bān hú lu | lever hoist pulley |
| 手拉葫芦 | shǒu lā hú lu | hand chain pulley block |
| 手板葫芦 | shǒu bǎn hú lu | lever pulley block |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo | solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 提壶芦 | tí hú lú | pelican; same as 鹈鹕 |
| 提葫芦 | tí hú lú | pelican; same as 鹈鹕 |
| 气动葫芦 | qì dòng hú lu | pneumatic hoist pulley |
| 照葫芦画瓢 | zhào hú lu huà piáo | lit. to draw a painting inside a gourd (idiom); fig. a model; a world in a nutshell |
| 糖葫芦 | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick; tanghulu |
| 胡芦巴 | hú lú bā | fenugreek |
| 葫芦岛 | Hú lú dǎo | Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 葫芦岛市 | Hú lú dǎo shì | Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 葫芦巴 | hú lú bā | fenugreek leaves; methi leaves |
| 葫芦丝 | hú lú sī | hulusi (a kind of free reed wind instrument); cucurbit flute |
| 芦山 | Lú shān | Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan |
| 芦山县 | Lú shān xiàn | Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan |
| 芦洲 | Lú zhōu | Luchou city in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 芦洲市 | Lú zhōu shì | Luchou city in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 芦淞区 | Lú sōng qū | Lusong district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan |
| 芦沟桥事变 | Lú gōu qiáo shì biàn | the Marco Polo bridge incident of 7th July 1937 that sparked WW2 between Japan and China |
| 芦溪 | Lú xī | Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 芦溪县 | Lú xī xiàn | Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 芦竹 | Lú zhú | Luzhu or Luchu township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 芦竹乡 | Lú zhú xiāng | Luzhu or Luchu township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 芦笋 | lú sǔn | asparagus |
| 芦管 | lú guǎn | reed pipe |
| 芦花黄雀 | lú huā huáng què | oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica) |
| 芦荻 | lú dí | reeds |
| 芦荟 | lú huì | aloe vera |
| 西葫芦 | xī hú lu | zucchini |
| 起重葫芦 | qǐ chóng hú lu | hoist pulley |
| 电动葫芦 | diàn dòng hú lu | electric chain pulley block |
