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隶

lì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 隸

What 隶 means

1. bound forma person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate
2. bound formto be subordinate to
3. bound formclerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)

Other readings

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

• lìvariant of {隶|lì}

Example sentences

• 他是个奴隶。
  He is a slave.
• 我是个奴隶。
  I'm a slave.
• 我是你的奴隶。
  I am your slave.
• 我是一个奴隶。
  I'm a slave.
• 林肯释放了奴隶。
  Lincoln set the slaves free.
• 她是潮流的奴隶。
  She is a slave of fashion.

Words starting with 隶

• 隶属lì shǔto be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
• 隶书lì shūclerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
• 隶圉lì yǔservants; underlings
• 隶体lì tǐsee 隶书

Words containing 隶

• 奴隶nú lìslave
• 直隶Zhí lìZhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
• 奴隶主nú lì zhǔslave owner
• 奴隶制nú lì zhìslavery
• 改隶gǎi lì(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
• 性奴隶xìng nú lìsex slave
• 奴隶制度nú lì zhì dùslavery
• 奴隶社会nú lì shè huìslave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社会 in Marxist theory)

Characters that look like 隶

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 柬jiǎncard; note; letter
• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

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…
• 俐used in 伶俐
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 吏minor government official or functionary (old)