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栗

lì

Character Traditional 慄

What 栗 means

1. literarycold; chilly
2. bound formto tremble with fear

Other readings

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

• lìchestnut
• Lìsurname Li

Example sentences

• 我有栗色的头发。
  Wǒ yǒu lìsè de tóufa.
  I have brown hair.
• 栗子至少要煮15分钟。
  Lìzi zhìshǎo yào zhǔ 15 fēnzhōng.
  Boil chestnuts for at least 15 minutes.
• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Words starting with 栗

• 栗子lì zichestnut
• 栗色lì sèmaroon (color)
• 栗然lì rán(literary) shivering; shuddering
• 栗鼠lì shǔchinchilla; chipmunk
• 栗树鸭lì shù yā(bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
• 栗喉蜂虎lì hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
• 栗背伯劳lì bèi bó láo(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
• 栗腹文鸟lì fù wén niǎo(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
• 栗头蜂虎lì tóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)
• 栗头地莺lì tóu dì yīng(bird species of China) chestnut-headed tesia (Cettia castaneocoronata)
• 栗啄木鸟lì zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
• 栗鸢lì yuān(bird species of China) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
• 栗斑杜鹃lì bān dù juān(bird species of China) banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
• 栗鸮lì xiāo(bird species of China) oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)
• 栗腹矶鸫lì fù jī dōng(bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)
• 栗背短翅鸫lì bèi duǎn chì dōng(bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
• 栗头鹟莺lì tóu wēng yīng(bird species of China) chestnut-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus castaniceps)
• 栗耳短脚鹎lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi(bird species of China) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
• 栗背短脚鹎lì bèi duǎn jiǎo bēi(bird species of China) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
• 栗腹歌鸲lì fù gē qú(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
• 栗鳽lì yán(bird species of China) Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
• 栗鹀lì wú(bird species of China) chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila)
• 栗耳鹀lì ěr wú(bird species of China) chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata)
• 栗腹䴓lì fù shī(bird species of China) chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris)

Words containing 栗

• 不寒而栗bù hán ér lìlit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified
• 战栗zhàn lìto tremble; shudder
• 板栗bǎn lìChinese chestnut
• 股栗gǔ lì(literary) to tremble with fear
• 苗栗Miáo lìMiaoli city and county in northwest Taiwan
• 醋栗cù lìgooseberry
• 震栗zhèn lìtrembling; to shiver with fear
• 惊栗jīng lìhorror (genre); to tremble in fear
• 上栗县Shàng lì XiànShangli, a county in Pingxiang City 萍乡市
• 红醋栗hóng cù lìred currant
• 花栗鼠huā lì shǔchipmunk (genus Tamias)
• 苗栗市Miáo lì shìMiaoli city in northwest Taiwan, capital of Miaoli county
• 苗栗县Miáo lì xiànMiaoli county in northwest Taiwan
• 黑醋栗hēi cù lìblackcurrant
• 战战栗栗zhàn zhàn lì lìto tremble with fear
• 火中取栗huǒ zhōng qǔ lìlit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom); fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
• 麻栗坡县Má lì pō XiànMalipo, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州
• 悸栗jì lìto tremble with fear
• 黄嘴栗啄木鸟huáng zuǐ lì zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
• 榛栗zhēn lìhazelnut
• 觱栗bì lìancient bamboo reed instrument; Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
• 西南栗耳凤鹛xī nán lì ěr fèng méi(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)
• 颤栗zhàn lìvariant of 战栗
• 上栗Shàng lìsee 上栗县

Characters that look like 栗

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

• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 柔róusoft; flexible; supple
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 巢cháonest

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