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蛎

lì

Character Traditional 蠣

What 蛎 means

1. oyster

Example sentences

• 你喜不喜欢牡蛎？
  Nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuan mǔlì?
  Do you like oysters?
• 你能生吃牡蛎吗？
  Nǐ néng shēng chī mǔlì ma?
  Can you eat raw oysters?
• 现在牡蛎当季吗？
  Are oysters in season now?
• 我后悔吃了那些牡蛎。
  Wǒ hòuhuǐ chī le nàxiē mǔlì.
  I regret eating those oysters.

Words starting with 蛎

• 蛎黄lì huángthe flesh of oyster; marinated oyster meat
• 蛎鹬lì yù(bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Words containing 蛎

• 牡蛎mǔ lìoyster
• 海蛎hǎi lìoyster
• 蛤蛎gé lìclam; same as 蛤蜊
• 海蛎子hǎi lì zioyster

Characters built on 厉

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

• 励lìto encourage; to urge
• 砺lìgrind; sandstone
• 粝lìcoarse rice

Characters that look like 蛎

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

• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 蜒yánslug; used in 蜿蜒
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蚜yáaphis
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

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