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璃

lí

HSK 5 Character Traditional 琍

What 璃 means

1. (phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names)
2. Taiwan pr. lì
3. variant of {璃|lí}

Other readings

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

• lícolored glaze; glass
• lívariant of {璃|lí}

Example sentences

• 玻璃易碎。
  Bōli yìsuì.
  Glass breaks easily.
• 玻璃脏了。
  The glass is dirty.
• 玻璃杯打碎了。
  The glass cup broke.
• 玻璃是谁发明的？
  Who invented glass?
• 雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
  Yǔdī qiāodǎ chuānghu bōli.
  The rain beats against the window pane.
• 不要踩在碎玻璃上。
  Don't step on the broken glass.

Words containing 璃

• 玻璃bō liglass; (slang) male homosexual
• 琉璃liú licolored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object
• 玻璃杯bō li bēidrinking glass
• 窗玻璃chuāng bō líwindow pane
• 琉璃瓦liú li wǎglazed roof tile
• 玻璃球bō li qiúa marble (used in games)
• 毛玻璃máo bō lifrosted glass
• 水玻璃shuǐ bō li(chemistry) water glass
• 玻璃化bō li huàvitrification
• 玻璃市Bō lí shìPerlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央
• 玻璃心bō li xīn(slang) overly sensitive; butthurt
• 玻璃水bō li shuǐwindshield washer fluid
• 玻璃管bō li guǎnglass tube
• 玻璃纸bō li zhǐcellophane
• 玻璃钢bō li gāngglass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass
• 玻璃体bō lí tǐvitreous humor
• 不碎玻璃bù suì bō lishatterproof or safety glass
• 中空玻璃zhōng kōng bō lidouble glazing
• 有机玻璃yǒu jī bō liplexiglass
• 钢化玻璃gāng huà bō lireinforced glass
• 风档玻璃fēng dàng bō liwindscreen (car window)
• 玻璃纤维bō lí xiān wéifiberglass; glass fiber
• 挡风玻璃dǎng fēng bō liwindshield; wind screen
• 玻璃罩bō li zhàoglass cover; bell glass

Characters built on 离

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

• 篱lía fence
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 魑chīused in 魑魅
• 螭chīdragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑
• 蓠líred algae; Gracilaria, several species, some edible; Japanese ogonori
• 褵líbride's veil or kerchief
• 缡líbridal veil or kerchief

Characters that look like 璃

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

• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read lí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 离to leave; to part from; to be away from
• 厘one hundredth; centi-
• 梨pear
• 黎(literary) black; dark; many
• 犁plow
• 篱a fence
• 狸(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 骊black horse; jet steed; good horse
• 罹happen to; sorrow; suffer from
• 喱grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams); Taiwan pr. lǐ
• 漓pattering (of rain); seep through
• 藜name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album