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擂

léi

Character

What 擂 means

1. to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)
2. dialectto scold

Other readings

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

• lèiplatform for a martial art contest; Taiwan pr. léi

Example sentences

• 我受够了你的自吹自擂。
  Wǒ shòugòu le nǐ de zìchuīzìléi.
  I've had enough of your boasts.
• 他赢了冠军就自吹自擂了起来。
  Tā yíng le guànjūn jiù zìchuīzìléi le qǐlai.
  He boasted of having won the first prize.
• 这听起来可能像是我在自吹自擂, 但是...
  Zhè tīngqilai kěnéng xiàng shì wǒ zài zìchuīzìléi, dànshì...
  This may sound like blowing my own horn, but ...

Words starting with 擂

• 擂台lèi táielevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring
• 擂茶léi chá"leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground…
• 擂台赛lèi tái sàisingle-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
• 擂鼓鸣金léi gǔ míng jīnto beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat…

Words containing 擂

• 自吹自擂zì chuī zì léito blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
• 吹擂chuī léito talk big; to boast
• 打擂台dǎ lèi tái(old) to fight on the leitai; (fig.) to enter a contest
• 大吹大擂dà chuī dà léito make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation

Characters built on 雷

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

• 蕾lěibud
• 镭léiradium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 擂

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

• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 擒qínto capture
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 孺rúchild

Sounds the same

Read léi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雷thunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 累rope; to bind together; to twist around
• 镭radium (chemistry)
• 羸entangled; lean
• 罍large earthenware wine jar
• 缧(literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner
• 攂to beat (old variant of 擂
• 樏(archaic) simple sedan chair for traveling in the mountains…
• 檑logs rolled down in defense of city
• 欙sedan
• 畾fields divided by dikes
• 礌used in 礌石; Taiwan pr. lèi