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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lì | li4
English translation
jasmine

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

flower

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹利

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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hāi , yǒu le 这些 zhè xiē Qián , 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静 de 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

穿 chuān Guò 简陋 jiǎnlòu de Guò dào , zài 嘉莉 jiā de 房门 fáng mén shǎng qiāo le qiāo .

Making her way up the commonplace hall, she knocked at Carrie's door.

可以 kěyǐ 闻到 wén dào 茉莉花 mò li huā de 香味 xiāng wèi .

You can smell the perfume of jasmine.

另外 lìngwài yǒu , 梅格莫莎莉 guàng jiē .

On another occasion, Meg and Sally Moffat went shopping.

马丁 Mǎ dīng 迫不及待 pòbùjídài de děng zhāo ,西莉亚 gān 全身 quán shēn , shǎng chén .

Martin waited impatiently while she dried and put on a robe.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jasmine
茉莉 mò lì jasmine茉莉 mò lì
朱莉娅 Zhū lì yà Julia (name)朱莉婭
娜塔莉 Nà tǎ lì Natalie (name)娜塔莉 Nà tǎ lì

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