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厉

lì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 厲

What 厉 means

1. strict
2. severe

Other readings

厉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lìsurname Li

Example sentences

• 我非常厉害。
  I'm a bad-ass.
• 我们要严厉。
  We have to be strict.
• 我烧得很厉害。
  Wǒ shāo dehěn lìhai.
  I have a high fever.
• 我牙痛得厉害。
  Wǒ yátòng de lìhai.
  I have a bad toothache.
• 我头疼得厉害。
  I have a bad headache.
• 她游泳很厉害。
  She swims brilliantly well.

Words starting with 厉

• 厉害lì hai…
• 厉声lì shēngin a sharp, forceful voice
• 厉行lì xíngto do (sth) with rigor; rigorously
• 厉鬼lì guǐmalicious spirit; devil
• 厉行节约lì xíng jié yuēto practice strict economy (idiom)

Words containing 厉

• 严厉yán lìsevere; strict
• 再接再厉zài jiē zài lìto continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
• 凄厉qī lìmournful (sound)
• 凌厉líng lìswift and fierce; fierce; forceful
• 变本加厉biàn běn jiā lìlit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)…
• 雷厉风行léi lì fēng xíngpass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
• 冷厉lěng lìstern; unsympathetic; icy
• 威厉wēi lìawe-inspiring; majestic
• 尖厉jiān lìshrill (voice)
• 粗厉cū lìabrasive; husky (voice)
• 不明觉厉bù míng jué lìalthough I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)
• 严厉打击yán lì dǎ jīto strike a severe blow; to crack down; to take strong measures
• 严厉批评yán lì pī píngto criticize severely; to slate
• 正言厉色zhèng yán lì sèsolemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling; also written 正颜厉色
• 正颜厉色zhèng yán lì sèsolemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
• 峻厉jùn lìpitiless; merciless
• 猖厉chāng lìmad and violent
• 皎厉jiǎo lìproud
• 色厉内荏sè lì nèi rěnlit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart…
• 发扬踔厉fā yáng chuō lìto be full of vigor (idiom)
• 发扬蹈厉fā yáng dǎo lìsee 发扬踔厉

Characters that look like 厉

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

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 历lìcalendar
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 匝zā(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full…

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
• 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…
• 俐used in 伶俐
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 吏minor government official or functionary (old)