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离

lí

HSK 2 Character Traditional 離

What 离 means

1. to leave
2. to part from
3. to be away from
4. (in giving distances) from
5. without (sth)
6. independent of
7. one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing fire
8. ☲

Other readings

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

• chīmythical beast (archaic)
• Lísurname Li

Example sentences

• 离开这里。
  Get out of here.
• 离开草坪!
  Get off the lawn!
• 我离婚了。
  I am divorced.
• 请你离开。
  Please leave.
• 请远离他。
  Please stay away from him.
• 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