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吏

lì

Character

What 吏 means

1. minor government official or functionary (old)

Words starting with 吏

• 吏部Lì bùMinistry of Appointments (in imperial China)
• 吏治lì zhìstyle of governing (of minor official); achievement in office
• 吏胥lì xūminor official

Words containing 吏

• 官吏guān lìbureaucrat; official
• 贪官污吏tān guān wū lìgrasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
• 假吏jiǎ lìacting magistrate; temporary official (in former times)
• 属吏shǔ lì(old) subordinate; underling
• 从吏cóng lìminor official; to be an official
• 故吏gù lì(literary) former subordinate
• 污吏wū lìa corrupt official
• 狱吏yù lìprison guard; jailer (old)
• 奸官污吏jiān guān wū lìtraitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
• 赃官污吏zāng guān wū lìgrasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
• 胥吏xū lìlow-level government official (in former times)
• 蠹吏dù lìcorrupt officials

Characters that look like 吏

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

• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 麦màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous

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…
• 俐used in 伶俐
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names