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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lì | Li4
English translation
surname Li
sharp
favorable
advantage
benefit
profit
interest
to do good to
to benefit
gains, advantage, profit, merit

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Harvesting  dāo  grain 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾刂

Explanation

Depicts harvesting grain () with a blade ( dāo ). Harvest was the main source of profit in agricultural societies.

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yòng 锋利 fēnglì de Dāo xiāo 厚厚的果皮 guǒ pí .

She pared off the thick peel with a sharp knife.

利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

杰克 Jié kè 比利 Bǐ lì 一样 yīyàng 饿 è le .

Jacky was just as hungry as Billy.

帕森斯夸口 kuā kǒu shuì , Shàn shì 胜利 shènglì 大厦 dàshà ,挂出 de 旗子 qí zi jiù yǒu 四百那么 nà me cháng .

Parsons boasted that Victory Mansions alone would display four hundred metres of bunting.

tián jiāo shù suān 胶树一些 yī xiē 澳大利亚 Aò dà lì yà de 尤加利 yóu jiā lì shù dōu shì chǎn 树胶 shù jiāo 的树.

The sweet gum, sour gum, and some Australian eucalyptus trees are gum trees.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
利用 lìyòng to exploit利用 lìyòng
sharp
利益 lìyì benefit利益 lìyì
胜利 shènglì victory勝利
顺利 shùnlì smoothly順利
权利 quánlì power權利
意大利 Yì dà lì Italy意大利 Yì dà lì
利润 lìrùn profits利潤
利率 lì lǜ interest rates利率 lì lǜ
有利 yǒulì advantageous有利 yǒulì
澳大利亚 Aò dà lì yà Australia澳大利亞
不利 bù lì unfavorable不利 bù lì
福利 fúlì material benefit福利 fúlì
亨利 Hēng lì Henry (name)亨利 Hēng lì
盈利 yínglì profit盈利 yínglì
专利 zhuānlì patent專利
比利 Bǐ lì Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star比利 Bǐ lì
便利 biànlì easy便利 biànlì
利息 lìxī interest (on a loan)利息 lìxī
哈利 Hā lì Harry哈利 Hā lì
水利 shuǐlì water conservancy水利 shuǐlì
获利 huò lì profit獲利
威利 Wēi lì Wylie (name)威利 Wēi lì
维多利亚 Wéi duō lì yà Victoria (name)維多利亞
比利时 Bǐ lì shí Belgium比利時

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