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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lí | li2
English translation
fox

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

dog

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭里

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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gǒu xiù Wén 狐狸 hú li 经过 jīngguò de 地方 dìfāng .

The dog snuffed at the track of the fox.

猎狗 liè gǒu 闻到 wén dào 狐狸 hú li de 气味 qìwèi .

The hunting dogs got wind of the fox.

这时候, zhǐ 狐狸 hú li 看见 kànjiàn le 乌鸦 wū yā , chán Zhí 流口水, 非常 fēicháng 想得到 piān ròu .

Attime, a fox saw the crow with the, so a plan to get the meat.

duō Nián lái , yòng de jiào 多的固定 gùdìng shì 动物 dòngwù 制品 zhì pǐn Lóng xián xiāng 香猫 xiāng 麝香 shè xiāng 以及 yǐjí 河狸 hé lí xiāng .

For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.

快速 kuài sù de 棕色 zōngsè 狐狸 hú li tiào Guò tiáo lǎn gǒu .

The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
狐狸 hú li fox狐狸 hú li
海狸 hǎi lí beaver海狸 hǎi lí
raccoon dog
狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit狐狸精 hú li jīng
老狐狸 lǎo hú li old fox老狐狸 lǎo hú li
狸猫 lí māo leopard cat狸貓
狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba to reveal one's evil nature狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
果子狸 guǒ zi lí masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)果子狸 guǒ zi lí
河狸 hé lí beaver河狸 hé lí
海狸鼠 hǎi lí shǔ coypu海狸鼠 hǎi lí shǔ
狸子 lí zi leopard cat狸子 lí zi
狐狸座 Hú li zuò Vulpecula (constellation)狐狸座 Hú li zuò

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