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痢

lì

Character

What 痢 means

1. dysentery

Example sentences

• 他感染了旅行者的痢疾。
  Tā gǎnrǎn le lǚxíngzhě de lìji.
  He caught the traveler's diarrhea.
• 汤姆没有彻底清洗锅碗瓢盆，导致玛莉得了痢疾。
  Because Tom didn't thoroughly clean the pots, Mary got dysentery.
• 露营时，汤姆没有彻底清洗锅碗瓢盆，导致玛莉得了痢疾。
  While camping, Tom gave Mary dysentery by not thoroughly cleaning the pots and pans.

Words starting with 痢

• 痢疾lì jidysentery

Words containing 痢

• 泄痢xiè lìto have diarrhea
• 白痢bái lìdysentery characterized by white mucous stool; white diarrhea
• 细菌性痢疾xì jūn xìng lì jíbacillary dysentery
• 阿米巴痢疾ā mǐ bā lì jiamebic dysentery

Characters built on 利

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

• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 梨lípear
• 犁líplow
• 俐lìused in 伶俐
• 猁lìused in 猞猁
• 蜊líclam
• 唎lì(final particle); sound; noise
• 悧lìused in 怜悧

Characters that look like 痢

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

• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 痤cuóacne
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻

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