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lěi

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lěi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lěi | lei3
English translation
rampart; base (in baseball)

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About lěi

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

lěi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of lěi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

畾土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

léi

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Words with lěi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lěi rampart lěi
堡垒 bǎo lěi fort堡壘
壁垒 bì lěi rampart壁壘
垒球 lěi qiú softball壘球
对垒 duì lěi to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)對壘
关税壁垒 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall關稅壁壘
营垒 yíng lěi army camp營壘
本垒打 běn lěi dǎ home run (baseball)本壘打
本垒 běn lěi home base本壘
全垒打 quán lěi dǎ home run (baseball)全壘打
壁垒森严 bì lěi sēn yán closely guarded壁壘森嚴
干打垒 gān dǎ lěi rammed earth乾打壘
堆垒 duī lěi to pile up堆壘
跑垒 pǎo lěi running between bases (in baseball)跑壘
跑垒员 pǎo lěi yuán runner (in baseball)跑壘員
木垒县 Mù lěi xiàn Mori Kazakh autonomous county or Mori Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 Chāng jí Huí zú zì zhì zhōu [Chāng​jí​Huí​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang木壘縣
木垒哈萨克自治县 Mù lěi Hā sà kè Zì zhì xiàn Mori Kazakh autonomous county or Mori Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 Chāng jí Huí zú zì zhì zhōu [Chāng​jí​Huí​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang木壘哈薩克自治縣
坡垒 pō lěi Hainan hopea (Hopea hainanensis) (botany)坡壘

lěi Decomposition & Compounds

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