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lèi

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lèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lèi | lei4
English translation
tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance

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About lèi

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

lèi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Simplified form of lèi ; growing silk  in the fields  léi léi also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of lèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

畾糸

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Words with lèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lěi tired lěi
累计 lěi jì to accumulate累計
积累 jīlěi to accumulate積累
累积 lěi jī to accumulate累積
拖累 tuō lěi to encumber拖累 tuō lěi
劳累 láo lèi tired勞累
连累 lián lěi to involve連累
累累 léi léi piles of累累 léi léi
累赘 léi zhuì superfluous累贅
受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into受累 shòu lěi
负债累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt負債累累
累及 lěi jí to involve累及 lěi jí
累垮 lèi kuǎ to collapse累垮 lèi kuǎ
日积月累 rì jī yuè lěi to accumulate over a long period of time日積月累
疲累 pí lèi tired疲累 pí lèi
长年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom)長年累月
硕果累累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit碩果累累
德累斯顿 Dé lèi sī dùn Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州 Sà kè sēn zhōu [Sà​kè​sēn​zhōu], Germany德累斯頓
连篇累牍 lián piān lěi dú verbose連篇累牘
累进 lěi jìn progressive (taxation etc)累進
累死累活 lèi sǐ lèi huó to work oneself to death累死累活 lèi sǐ lèi huó
成年累月 chéng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom)成年累月 chéng nián lěi yuè

lèi Decomposition & Compounds

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