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俐

lì

HSK 6 Character

What 俐 means

1. used in {伶俐|líng lì}

Example sentences

• 她口齿伶俐。
  Tā kǒuchǐ línglì.
  She has a fluent tongue.

Words starting with 俐

• 俐落lì luovariant of 利落

Words containing 俐

• 伶俐líng lìclever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
• 巩俐Gǒng LìGong Li (1965–), Chinese actress
• 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
• 玛俐欧Mǎ lì ōuMario (Nintendo video game character); also transcribed variously as 马里奥
• 伶牙俐齿líng yá lì chǐclever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab
• 口齿伶俐kǒu chǐ líng lìeloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab
• 麻俐má livariant of 麻利

Characters built on 利

These share the phonetic component 利 (lì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 梨lípear
• 犁líplow
• 猁lìused in 猞猁
• 痢lìdysentery
• 蜊líclam
• 唎lì(final particle); sound; noise
• 悧lìused in 怜悧

Characters that look like 俐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 浏liúclear; deep (of water); swift
• 剥bōto peel; to skin; to flay
• 剃tìto shave
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out

Sounds the same

Read lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 力power; force; strength
• 历calendar
• 利sharp; favorable; advantage
• 例example; precedent; rule
• 励to encourage; to urge
• 丽beautiful
• 厉strict; severe
• 立to stand; to set up; to establish
• 粒grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 隶(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 吏minor government official or functionary (old)