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李

lǐ

HSK 3 Character

What 李 means

1. plum

Other readings

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

• Lǐsurname Li

Example sentences

• 她是李樱。
  She is Li Ying.
• 他是李樱。
  He is Li Ying.
• 李老师好！
  Hello, Teacher Li.
• 我爸是李刚!
  My father is Li Gang!
• 你的行李多重？
  Nǐ de xíngli duōchóng?
  What's the weight of your suitcase?
• 我的行李丢了。
  My baggage is missing.

Words starting with 李

• 李白Lǐ BáiLi Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
• 李宇春Lǐ Yǔ chūnLi Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
• 李鹏Lǐ PéngLi Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader…
• 李登辉Lǐ Dēng huīLee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China…
• 李鸿章Lǐ Hóng zhāngLi Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
• 李子lǐ ziplum
• 李嘉诚Lǐ Jiā chéngSir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
• 李泽楷Lǐ Zé kǎiRichard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
• 李洪志Lǐ Hóng zhìLi Hongzhi (1951–), founder of Falun Gong 法轮功
• 李自成Lǐ Zì chéngLi Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
• 李四Lǐ SìLi Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 张三
• 李逵Lǐ KuíLi Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水浒全传
• 李娜Lǐ NàLi Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles…
• 李连杰Lǐ Lián jiéJet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
• 李宗盛Lǐ Zōng shèngJonathan Lee (1958–), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
• 李肇星Lǐ Zhào xīngLi Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
• 李商隐Lǐ Shāng yǐnLi Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
• 李斯Lǐ SīLi Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin…
• 李小龙Lǐ Xiǎo lóngBruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
• 李斯特Lǐ sī tèFerenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer…
• 李铁Lǐ TiěLi Tie (1977-), footballer
• 李约瑟Lǐ Yuē sèJoseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in…
• 李昌镐Lǐ Chāng hàoLee Chang-ho (1975–), South Korean professional Go player
• 李清照Lǐ Qīng zhàoLi Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet

Words containing 李

• 行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin
• 行李xíng liluggage
• 桃李táo lǐ(literary) one's students
• 行李架xíng li jiàluggage rack
• 行李员xíng li yuánporter; bellboy
• 行李房xíng li fángluggage office
• 行李票xíng li piàobaggage tag
• 托运行李tuō yùn xíng liluggage that has been checked in (on flight)
• 大马士革李Dà mǎ shì gé lǐdamson (fruit)
• 行李传送带xíng li chuán sòng dàiluggage conveyor belt; baggage carousel
• 大李杜Dà Lǐ DùLi Bai 李白
• 刺儿李cì r lǐgooseberry
• 行李袋xíng li dàitravel bag
• 行李搬运工xíng lǐ bān yùn gōngbaggage handler
• 张冠李戴Zhāng guān Lǐ dàilit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)…
• 投桃报李tóu táo bào lǐtoss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor; to exchange gifts…
• 艳如桃李yàn rú táo lǐlit. beautiful as peach and prune; fig. radiant beauty
• 张王李赵Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào(idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
• 蔡李佛cài lǐ fóChoy Li Fut (Chinese martial art)
• 槜李zuì lǐplum with bright red skin
• 张三李四Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì(lit.) Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom); (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
• 伯纳斯－李Bó nà sī LǐTim Berners-Lee (1955–), British computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web
• 唐太宗李卫公问对Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn duì"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li…
• 张家长，李家短Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎnlit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

Characters built on 子

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

• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 季jìseason; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 仔zǐ(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 孜zīused in 孜孜
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 耔zǐhoe up soil around plants

Characters that look like 李

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

• 季jìseason; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 阜fùabundant; mound
• 帚zhǒubroom
• 孛bèicomet

Sounds the same

Read lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 里lining; interior; inside
• 理texture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 礼gift; rite; ceremony
• 哩mile
• 娌used in 妯娌
• 俚rustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 澧Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖; surname Li
• 锂lithium (chemistry)
• 鲤carp
• 豊ceremonial vessel; variant of 礼
• 醴sweet wine
• 浬nautical mile