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蕾

lěi

HSK 6 Character

What 蕾 means

1. bud

Example sentences

• 玫瑰花蕾。
  Rosebud.
• 味蕾很有用。
  Wèilěi hěn yǒuyòng.
  Taste buds are very useful.
• 蕾拉流产了。
  Layla had a miscarriage.
• 蕾拉在客房睡觉。
  Lěilā zài kèfáng shuìjiào.
  Layla slept in the guest room.
• 葛蕾丝还没有来。
  Gélěisī hái méiyǒu lái.
  Grace hasn't come yet.
• 萨米非常讨厌蕾拉
  Sà mǐ fēicháng tǎoyàn lěi lā
  Sami hates Layla so much.

Words starting with 蕾

• 蕾丝lěi sī(textiles) (loanword) lace
• 蕾哈娜Lěi hā nàRihanna (1988-), Barbadian pop singer
• 蕾丝边lěi sī biān(slang; loanword) lesbian
• 蕾丝花边lěi sī huā biānlace border (loanword)

Words containing 蕾

• 芭蕾bā lěiballet (loanword)
• 芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔballet (loanword)
• 花蕾huā lěibud; flower bud
• 蓓蕾bèi lěiflower bud; young flower still tightly rolled up
• 味蕾wèi lěitaste bud(s)
• 埃蕾āi lěicentaury herb with flowers (TCM); Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore
• 欧蕾ōu lěi(loanword) au lait; with milk
• 莫蕾mò lěimole (Mexican sauce)
• 卡纳蕾kǎ nà lěicanelé (a French pastry) (loanword)
• 性蕾期xìng lěi qīphallic stage (psychology)
• 杜蕾斯Dù lěi sīDurex, a condom brand name
• 烤布蕾kǎo bù lěi(loanword) crème brûlée
• 水上芭蕾shuǐ shàng bā lěisynchronized swimming
• 舒芙蕾shū fú lěi(loanword) soufflé
• 蔷薇花蕾qiáng wēi huā lěirosebud
• 克蕾儿Kè lěi rClare (name)

Characters built on 雷

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

• 镭léiradium (chemistry)
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…

Characters that look like 蕾

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

• 箭jiànarrow
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 薯shǔpotato; yam
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 篓lǒubasket

Sounds the same

Read lěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 磊lumpy; rock pile; uneven
• 垒rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc
• 累to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. lèi); continuous
• 儡used in 傀儡
• 耒plow
• 儽lazy; tired out, worn fatigued
• 磥a heap of stones; boulders
• 藟bud; creeper; bramble
• 诔to eulogize the dead; eulogy
• 鸓flying squirrel
• 樏mountain-climbing shoes
• 絫variant of 累