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泪

lèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 淚

泪 (lèi) means "tears". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 泪 means

1. bound formtears; teardrops

Example sentences

• 她流泪了。
  She shed tears.
• 她热泪盈眶。
  Tā rèlèiyíngkuàng.
  Tears filled her eyes.
• 他热泪盈眶。
  His eyes were brimming over with tears.
• 我在流眼泪。
  My eyes are watering.
• 她流泪看着信。
  Tā liúlèi kàn zhe xìn.
  She wept reading the letter.
• 汤姆泪流满面。
  Tāngmǔ lèiliúmǎnmiàn.
  Tom burst into tears.

Words starting with 泪

• 泪水lèi shuǐteardrop; tears
• 泪流满面lèi liú mǎn miàncheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
• 泪珠lèi zhūteardrop; tear
• 泪眼lèi yǎntearful eyes
• 泪花lèi huātears in the eyes
• 泪光lèi guāngglistening teardrops
• 泪痕lèi héntear stains
• 泪如雨下lèi rú yǔ xiàtears falling like rain (idiom)
• 泪人lèi rénperson who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
• 泪滴lèi dīteardrop
• 泪汪汪lèi wāng wāngtearful; brimming with tears
• 泪奔lèi bēn(slang) to get emotional
• 泪液lèi yètears; teardrops
• 泪目lèi mùtearful eyes; to be moved to tears
• 泪管lèi guǎntear duct
• 泪腺lèi xiànLacrimal gland
• 泪点lèi diǎn(anatomy) lacrimal punctum; (literary) tears; (neologism c. 2015) the point at which one…
• 泪失禁lèi shī jìn(slang) to cry uncontrollably when emotionally overwhelmed
• 泪点低lèi diǎn dī(neologism) easily moved to tears
• 泪痣lèi zhìmole located just beneath the eye or along the lower eyelid
• 泪水涟涟lèi shuǐ lián liánin floods of tears (idiom)
• 泪眼婆娑lèi yǎn pó suōtearful (idiom)

Words containing 泪

• 流泪liú lèito shed tears
• 热泪盈眶rè lèi yíng kuàngeyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved
• 眼泪yǎn lèitear; teardrop
• 落泪luò lèito shed tears; to weep
• 热泪rè lèihot tears
• 含泪hán lèitearful; tearfully
• 血泪xuè lèitears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering); blood and tears
• 掉泪diào lèito shed tears
• 潸然泪下shān rán lèi xiàto shed silent tears (idiom)
• 声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xiàto shed tears while recounting sth; speaking in a tearful voice
• 垂泪chuí lèito shed tears
• 挥泪huī lèito shed tears; to be all in tears
• 催泪cuī lèito move to tears (of a story); tear-provoking (gas); lacrimogen
• 催泪剂cuī lèi jìlachrymator
• 催泪弹cuī lèi dàntear bomb; tear-gas grenade
• 血泪史xuè lèi shǐ(fig.) history full of suffering; heart-rending story
• 以泪洗面yǐ lèi xǐ miànto bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
• 催泪大片cuī lèi dà piàntear-jerker (movie)
• 催泪瓦斯cuī lèi wǎ sītear gas
• 抹泪mǒ lèito wipe away tears; (fig.) to shed tears
• 哭天抹泪kū tiān mǒ lèito wail and whine; piteous weeping
• 烛泪zhú lèidrop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
• 涕泪交加tì lèi jiāo jiā(idiom) weeping uncontrollably
• 涕泪交流tì lèi jiāo liútears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically

Characters that look like 泪

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

• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 沼zhǎopond; pool
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 阂héobstruct

Sounds the same

Read lèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 类kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 累tired; weary; to strain
• 肋(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 擂(bound form) platform for a martial art contest; Taiwan pr. léi
• 礧roll stone down hill; stone pile
• 颣flaw; knot
• 酹pour out libation; sprinkle

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lèi correctly.
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