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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǐ | li3
English translation
texture
grain (of wood)
inner essence
intrinsic order
reason
logic
truth
science
natural science (esp. physics)
to manage
to pay attention to
to run (affairs)
to handle
to put in order
to tidy up
science, reason, logic; to manage

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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king

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

王里

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

经理 jīnglǐ 发觉 fājué le de 不轨 bù guǐ 行为 xíngwéi ,打算 dǎsuàn chǎo 鱿鱼 yóu yú .

The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.

百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià shí ,觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù hěn nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

一分实践 shíjiàn dāng 十分 shífēn 理论 lǐlùn .

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.

yāo xué de huà jiù shèng 油画 yóu huà gēn 绘画 huì huà 理论 lǐlùn le .

Painterly theory follows with respect to remnant canvas if wanting to learn.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
管理 guǎnlǐ to supervise管理 guǎnlǐ
处理 chǔlǐ to handle處理
理解 lǐjiě to comprehend理解 lǐjiě
理由 lǐyóu reason理由 lǐyóu
心理 xīnlǐ mental心理 xīnlǐ
理论 lǐlùn theory理論
texture
经理 jīnglǐ manager經理
合理 hélǐ rational合理 hélǐ
道理 dàoli reason道理 dàoli
清理 qīnglǐ to clear up清理 qīnglǐ
理想 lǐxiǎng an ideal理想 lǐxiǎng
整理 zhěnglǐ to arrange整理 zhěnglǐ
助理 zhùlǐ assistant助理 zhùlǐ
办理 bànlǐ to handle辦理
理念 lǐ niàn idea理念 lǐ niàn
总理 zǒnglǐ premier總理
代理 dàilǐ surrogate代理 dàilǐ
理智 lǐzhì reason理智 lǐzhì
总经理 zǒng jīng lǐ CEO總經理
治理 zhìlǐ to govern治理 zhìlǐ
理性 lǐ xìng reason理性 lǐ xìng
物理 wùlǐ physics物理 wùlǐ
护理 hù lǐ to nurse護理

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Decomposition

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