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莅

lì

Character Traditional 蒞

What 莅 means

1. to attend (an official function)
2. to be present
3. to administer
4. to approach (esp. as administrator)

Other readings

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

• Lìriver in Hebei
• lìvariant of {莅|lì}, to attend

Words starting with 莅

• 莅临lì línto arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than 光临
• 莅任lì rènto attend; to take office; to be present (in administrative capacity)
• 莅会lì huìto be present at a meeting
• 莅止lì zhǐto approach; to come close
• 莅事者lì shì zhělocal administrative official (in imperial China)
• 莅临指导lì lín zhǐ dǎo(of a notable person etc) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance (idiom)

Characters that look like 莅

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

• 匿nìto hide
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 菇gū(bound form) mushroom
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 萘nàinaphthalene C10H8

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