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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lì | li4
English translation
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
grain, granule; bullet, pellet

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

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grain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

米立

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zài suì xiè 沉积物 chén jī wù Zhōng , 颗粒 kē lì 大小 dà xiǎo shì 重要 zhòngyào 因素 yīnsù .

In clastic sediments, particle size is an important factor.

主要 zhǔyào 成份 chéng fèn : 乳木 guǒ 海盐 Hǎi yán tián 杏仁 xìng rén yóu 杏仁 xìng rén 颗粒 kē lì róng 角蛋白 jiǎo dàn bái méi .

Ingredient: Shea butter, sea salt and sweet almond oil etc.

zài 富来, zhǔ yán wéi 接触 jiēchù Xiāng de 石英 shí yīng 闪长岩.

At Flat the host is quartz diorite with a finegrained contact phase.

měi 种子 zhǒngzi dōu shì 一种 yī zhǒng .

Every seed is a longing.

产品 chǎnpǐn 可以 kěyǐ shì 多孔 duō kǒng 速溶 sù róng 颗粒 kē lì ,可以是致密 zhì mì qiú wán .

The products can be the multi - pore grain or the compact ball.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
grain
颗粒 kē lì kernel顆粒
粒子 lì zǐ grain粒子 lì zǐ
微粒 wēi lì speck微粒 wēi lì
线粒体 xiàn lì tǐ mitochondrion線粒體
粒细胞 lì xì bāo granulocyte粒細胞
米粒 mǐ lì granule米粒 mǐ lì
质粒 zhì lì plasmid質粒
子粒 zǐ lì seed子粒 zǐ lì
粒径 lì jìng grain size粒徑
谷粒 gǔ lì grain (of cereal)穀粒
沙粒 shā lì grain of sand沙粒 shā lì
脱粒 tuō lì to thresh脫粒
粒子束 lì zǐ shù beam of elementary particles粒子束 lì zǐ shù
微粒体 wēi lì tǐ microsome微粒體
脱粒机 tuō lì jī threshing machine脫粒機
基本粒子 jī běn lì zǐ elementary particle (particle physics)基本粒子 jī běn lì zǐ

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Decomposition

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