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率

lǜ

HSK 5 Character

What 率 means

1. bound formratio; rate; proportion

Other readings

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

• shuàito lead; to command; rash

Example sentences

• 利率还是低。
  Lìlǜ háishi dī.
  Interest rates are still low.
• 汇率是多少？
  What is the exchange rate?
• 她是个很坦率的人。
  Tā shì gè hěn tǎnshuài de rén.
  She has a very open personality.
• 你们的效率太低了。
  Nǐmen de xiàolǜ tài dī le.
  It is inefficient of you.
• 今天的汇率是多少？
  Jīntiān de huìlǜ shì duōshao?
  What's the exchange rate today?
• 坦率地说，他错了。
  Frankly speaking, he is wrong.

Words starting with 率

• 率领shuài lǐngto lead; to command; to head
• 率先shuài xiānto take the lead; to show initiative
• 率真shuài zhēnfrank and sincere; candid
• 率直shuài zhífrank; straightforward; blunt
• 率性shuài xìngto act naturally, authentically and spontaneously…
• 率然shuài ránhastily; rashly; suddenly
• 率由旧章shuài yóu jiù zhāngto act in accordance with the old rules (idiom); to follow a proven formula
• 率兽食人shuài shòu shí rénlit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the…
• 率尔操觚shuài ěr cāo gūto compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off

Words containing 率

• 效率xiào lǜefficiency
• 汇率huì lǜexchange rate
• 坦率tǎn shuàifrank; candid; straightforward
• 利率lì lǜinterest rate
• 频率pín lǜfrequency
• 草率cǎo shuàicareless; negligent; sloppy
• 概率gài lǜprobability (math.)
• 增长率zēng zhǎng lǜgrowth rate (esp. in economics)
• 比率bǐ lǜratio; rate; proportion
• 功率gōng lǜpower (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
• 税率shuì lǜtax rate
• 几率jī lǜprobability; odds
• 收视率shōu shì lǜratings (of a TV show)
• 分辨率fēn biàn lǜresolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc)
• 直率zhí shuàicandid; frank
• 失业率shī yè lǜunemployment rate
• 机率jī lǜ(Taiwan; math) probability
• 收益率shōu yì lǜearnings rate; earnings yield (finance)
• 死亡率sǐ wáng lǜmortality rate
• 就业率jiù yè lǜemployment rate
• 市场占有率shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜmarket share
• 速率sù lǜspeed; rate
• 轻率qīng shuàicavalier; offhand; reckless
• 利润率lì rùn lǜprofit margin

Characters that look like 率

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

• 辱rǔdisgrace; dishonor; to insult
• 廊lángcorridor; veranda; porch
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 粤YuèCantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号

Sounds the same

Read lǜ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绿green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 律law
• 虑to think over; to consider; anxiety
• 滤to strain; to filter
• 氯chlorine (chemistry)
• 葎Humulus japonicus
• 鑢polishing tool
• 膟sacrificial flesh
• 垏(literary) earth ridge between fields; (used in place names)
• 嵂to rise sharply; to tower
• 卛old variant of 率