Dictionary › 累

累

lèi

HSK 2 Character

What 累 means

1. tired
2. weary
3. to strain
4. to wear out
5. to work hard

Other readings

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

• lěito accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. lèi); continuous
• léirope; to bind together; to twist around

Example sentences

• 我累坏了
  Wǒ lèihuài le
  I'm too tired.
• 我很累。
  I'm tired.
• 我累了。
  I'm tired.
• 我累了.
  I'm tired.
• 累了吗？
  Are you tired?
• 我好累。
  I'm so tired.

Words starting with 累

• 累计lěi jìto calculate the running total; cumulative; the total
• 累积lěi jīto accumulate
• 累累lěi lěiagain and again; innumerable; repeated
• 累赘léi zhuìsuperfluous; cumbersome; a burden on sb
• 累坏lèi huàito become exhausted
• 累及lěi jíto involve; to affect
• 累心lèi xīntaxing (mentally or emotionally)
• 累犯lěi fànto repeatedly commit an offense; repeat offender; habitual criminal
• 累进lěi jìnprogressive (taxation etc)
• 累加器lěi jiā qìaccumulator (computing)
• 累成狗lèi chéng gǒu(net slang) to be dog-tired
• 累加总数lěi jiā zǒng shùcumulative total
• 累死累活lèi sǐ lèi huóto tire oneself out through overwork; to work oneself to death
• 累积剂量lěi jī jì liàngcumulative dose
• 累觉不爱lèi jué bù ài(lit.) so exhausted (by difficulties in a relationship) that one feels one could never…
• 累趴lèi pātired to the point of dropping
• 累垮lèi kuǎto collapse; to be worn out; to break down
• 累坠léi zhuìvariant of 累赘

Words containing 累

• 积累jī lěito accumulate; accumulation; cumulative
• 劳累láo lèitired; exhausted; worn out
• 连累lián leito implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. lián lěi or lián lèi
• 拖累tuō lěito encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate
• 受累shòu lěito get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)
• 日积月累rì jī yuè lěito accumulate over a long period of time
• 德累斯顿Dé léi sī dùnDresden, capital of Saxony 萨克森州
• 疲累pí lèitired; exhausted
• 长年累月cháng nián lěi yuèyear in, year out (idiom); (over) many years
• 多累duō lèiI have troubled you
• 带累dài lěito get sb involved in one's trouble; Taiwan pr. dài lèi
• 心累xīn lèiemotionally exhausted; drained
• 负累fù lěito implicate; to involve
• 马累Mǎ lèiMalé, capital of Maldives
• 帕累托Pà lèi tuōVilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), Italian economist
• 拖累症tuō lěi zhèngcodependency (psychology)
• 积累性jī lěi xìngcumulative
• 成年累月chéng nián lěi yuèyear in, year out (idiom)
• 整年累月zhěng nián lěi yuèmonth after month, year after year; year in, year out
• 果实累累guǒ shí léi léilit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom); fruit hangs heavy on the bough…
• 积年累月jī nián lěi yuèyear in, year out (idiom); (over) many years
• 积德累功jī dé lěi gōngto accumulate merit and virtue
• 积累毒性jī lěi dú xìngcumulative poison
• 经年累月jīng nián lěi yuèfor years; over the years

Characters built on 田

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

• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 畏wèito fear
• 胃wèistomach

Characters that look like 累

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

• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 戛gāused in 戛纳
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 隽juànmeaningful; significant
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read lèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 类kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 泪(bound form) tears; teardrops
• 肋(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 擂(bound form) platform for a martial art contest; Taiwan pr. léi
• 礧roll stone down hill; stone pile
• 颣flaw; knot
• 酹pour out libation; sprinkle