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CHINESE CHARACTER
lǐ
李
李
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plum; surname
- Numbered pinyin
- li3
- English meanings
- plum; plum tree; surname Li
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
beautiful; pretty
example; case
clever
profit
power
encourage
experience; calendar
strict; severe
hundredth; centimeter
official; clerk
pear
drip; Li River
raccoon dog; fox
law
used in 玻璃/琉璃
whetstone; sharpen; temper
gift
distant/apart from
erect
grain
inside
slave; clerical script
multitude; dark; Li
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 李子
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- 行李
- 李树
- 李白