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léi

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léi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
léi | lei2
English translation
to rub, to grind; to use a mortar and pestle

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About léi

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

léi

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of léi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌雷

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Léi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Léi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using léi

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照直 zhào zhí shuì :斯特莱佛 quán léi zài 桌上.

'Straight !'said Stryver, with a plump of his fist on the desk.

Words with léi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
擂台 lèi tái arena擂臺
léi beat léi
自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi
擂台赛 lèi tái sài single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)擂臺賽
打擂台 dǎ lèi tái (old) to fight on the leitai打擂臺
大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi ostentation大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi

léi Decomposition & Compounds

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