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离
lí
离 (lí) means "to leave; to depart; away from". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 离 means
- to leave
- to part from
- to be away from
- (in giving distances) from
- without (sth)
- independent of
- one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing fire
- ☲
How 离 is used in grammar
离 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Object Prepositions: 对、给、离、为 (HSK 2)
Other readings
Example sentences
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离开这里。Get out of here.
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离开草坪!Get off the lawn!
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我离婚了。I am divorced.
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请你离开。Please leave.
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请远离他。Please stay away from him.
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离这儿远吗？Is it far from here?
Words starting with 离
- 离开lí kāito depart; to leave
- 离婚lí hūnto divorce
- 离去lí qùto leave; to exit
- 离不开lí bu kāiinseparable; inevitably linked to
- 离别lí biéto leave (on a long journey); to part from sb
- 离奇lí qíodd; bizarre
- 离谱lí pǔinappropriate; improper; out of place
- 离职lí zhíto leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign
- 离异lí yìto divorce
- 离休lí xiūto retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
- 离子lí zǐion
- 离散lí sàn(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed…
- 离合器lí hé qìclutch (mechanics)
- 离境lí jìngto leave a country (or place)
- 离任lí rènto leave office; to leave one's post
- 离岸lí ànoffshore
- 离愁lí chóuparting sorrow; pain of separation
- 离心lí xīnto be at odds with; centrifugal (force)
- 离骚Lí SāoOn Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原
- 离题lí títo digress; to stray from the subject
- 离队lí duìto leave one's post
- 离世lí shì(archaic) to live in seclusion; to pass away
- 离合lí héclutch (in car gearbox); separation and reunion
- 离场lí chǎngto leave the venue; (of an athlete) to leave the field…
Words containing 离
- 距离jù lídistance; to be apart from
- 脱离tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine)
- 隔离gé líto separate; to isolate
- 远离yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
- 分离fēn líto separate
- 逃离táo líto run out; to escape
- 撤离chè líto withdraw from; to evacuate
- 近距离jìn jù líclose range
- 迷离mí líblurred; hard to make out distinctly
- 偏离piān líto deviate; to diverge; to wander
- 别离bié líto take leave of; to leave; separation
- 游离yóu líto disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective)
- 支离破碎zhī lí pò suìscattered and smashed (idiom)
- 流离失所liú lí shī suǒdestitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced
- 背离bèi líto depart from; to deviate from; deviation
- 形影不离xíng yǐng bù líinseparable (as form and shadow)
- 剥离bō líto peel; to strip; to peel off
- 悲欢离合bēi huān lí héjoys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
- 远距离yuǎn jù lílong-distance
- 扑朔迷离pū shuò mí líimpossible to unravel; confusing
- 疏离shū líto become alienated; estranged; alienation
- 生离死别shēng lí sǐ biéseparated in life and death; to part for ever
- 背井离乡bèi jǐng lí xiāngto leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
- 若即若离ruò jí ruò lílit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom); fig. to keep one's distance…
Characters that look like 离
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed
- 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
- 庸yōngordinary; to use
- 禺yú(archaic) district; (old) type of monkey
- 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
- 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?
Sounds the same
Read lí, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 璃(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
- 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
Where 离 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conjunctions and Discourse Adverbs (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 9 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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