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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǜ | lü4
English translation
rate
frequency
to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuài | shuai4
English translation
to lead
to command
rash
hasty
frank
straightforward
generally
usually

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xuán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A string  yāo vibrating in an instrument 亠十

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

tóu ⿱⿻ yāo shí

Explanation

Pictograph of a rope () surrounded by four dots. Originally depicted a type of rope. The meaning later shifted to "lead".

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通常 tōngcháng , 所有 suǒyǒu 暴露 bàolù zài 刻蚀 Zhōng de 材料 cáiliào dōu 具有 jù yǒu 一定 yīdìng 的刻蚀速率 sù lǜ .

More often, all of the materials exposed to the etchant have a finite etch rate.

属性 shǔ xìng de zuì xiǎo 分辨率 fēn biàn lǜ wéi 一秒.

The minimum resolution of this property is one second.

可以 kěyǐ 计算 jìsuàn zài 不同 bù tóng 条件 tiáojiàn xià de yún 增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ .

The rate of droplet growth under different conditions can be evaluated.

zhè tóu 奶牛 nǎi niú 出奶 hěn Gāo .

The cow is milking heavily.

shōu Fèi shì qián 3公里 gōnglǐ 10 Yuán ,之后 zhī hòu 再加公里收1.6 Yuán .

The rate is 10 yuan for the first three kms and 6 yuan for each additional km.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to lead
频率 pínlǜ frequency頻率
效率 xiàolǜ efficiency效率 xiàolǜ
利率 lì lǜ interest rates利率 lì lǜ
几率 jī lǜ odds幾率
收视率 shōu shì lǜ ratings (of a TV show)收視率
率先 shuài xiān to take the lead率先 shuài xiān
概率 gài lǜ probability (math.)概率 gài lǜ
汇率 huìlǜ exchange rate匯率
率领 shuàilǐng to lead率領
坦率 tǎnshuài blunt坦率 tǎnshuài
草率 cǎoshuài careless草率 cǎoshuài
收益率 shōu yì lǜ earnings rate收益率 shōu yì lǜ
增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ growth rate (esp. in economics)增長率
分辨率 fēn biàn lǜ resolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc)分辨率 fēn biàn lǜ
比率 bǐ lǜ ratio比率 bǐ lǜ
功率 gōng lǜ rate of work功率 gōng lǜ
死亡率 sǐ wáng lǜ mortality rate死亡率 sǐ wáng lǜ
轻率 qīng shuài cavalier輕率
速率 sù lǜ speed速率 sù lǜ
发生率 fā shēng lǜ rate of occurrence發生率
支持率 zhī chí lǜ support level支持率 zhī chí lǜ
发病率 fā bìng lǜ disease rate發病率
直率 zhí shuài candid直率 zhí shuài
市盈率 shì yíng lǜ PE ratio市盈率 shì yíng lǜ

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