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立

lì

HSK 5 Character

What 立 means

1. to stand
2. to set up
3. to establish
4. to lay down
5. to draw up
6. at once
7. immediately

Other readings

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

• Lìsurname Li

Example sentences

• 起立。
  Qǐlì.
  Stand up.
• 起立！
  Stand up!
• 立即走！
  Go now!
• 立即送医。
  Lìjí sòngyī.
  Send for a doctor at once.
• 立竿见影。
  Lìgānjiànyǐng.
  The shadow of the stick is visible.
• 立即储存！
  Save now!

Words starting with 立

• 立刻lì kèimmediately; at once; right away
• 立即lì jíimmediately
• 立方lì fāngcube (math.); abbr. for 立方体; abbr. for 立方米
• 立场lì chǎngposition; standpoint
• 立体lì tǐthree-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
• 立足lì zúto stand; to have a footing; to be established
• 立交桥lì jiāo qiáooverpass; flyover
• 立法lì fǎto enact laws; to legislate
• 立马lì mǎat once; immediately; promptly
• 立时lì shíright away; quickly; immediately
• 立志lì zhìto be determined; to be resolved
• 立案lì ànto register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation)
• 立方米lì fāng mǐcubic meter (m³)
• 立下lì xiàto set up; to establish
• 立秋Lì qiūLiqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-22nd August
• 立项lì xiàngto launch a project
• 立功lì gōngto render meritorious service…
• 立正lì zhèngto stand straight; attention! (order to troops)
• 立意lì yìto conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea…
• 立体声lì tǐ shēngstereophonic sound
• 立委lì wěi(Taiwan) legislator (abbr. for 立法委员
• 立国lì guóto found a country
• 立法会lì fǎ huìlegislative council; LegCo (Hong Kong)
• 立陶宛Lì táo wǎnLithuania

Words containing 立

• 建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up; to found
• 成立chéng lìto establish; to set up; to be tenable
• 独立dú lìindependent; independence; to stand alone
• 设立shè lìto set up; to establish
• 树立shù lìto set up; to establish
• 确立què lìto establish; to institute
• 对立duì lìto oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to
• 创立chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found
• 孤立gū lìto isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
• 中立zhōng lìneutral; neutrality
• 站立zhàn lìto stand; standing; on one's feet
• 私立sī lìprivately-run; private (school, hospital etc); to set up illegally
• 国立guó lìnational; state-run; public
• 林立lín lìto stand in great numbers
• 自立zì lìindependent; self-reliant; self-sustaining
• 矗立chù lìto tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)
• 耸立sǒng lìto stand tall; to tower aloft
• 伫立zhù lìto stand for a long time
• 起立qǐ lìto stand; Stand up!
• 屹立yì lìto tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)
• 公立gōng lìpublic (e.g. school, hospital)
• 直立zhí lìerect; upright; vertical
• 公立学校gōng lì xué xiàopublic school
• 订立dìng lìto conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)

Characters that look like 立

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

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 丘qiūmound; hillock; grave
• 亘gènextending all the way across; running all the way through
• 五wǔfive; 5

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
• 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
• 吏minor government official or functionary (old)