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鲤

lǐ

Character Traditional 鯉

What 鲤 means

1. carp

Example sentences

• 鲤鱼和鳟鱼等鱼类生活在淡水中。
  Fish such as carp and trout live in fresh water.
• 鱼类例如鲤鱼和鳟鱼生活在淡水中。
  Yúlèi lìrú lǐyú hé zūnyú shēnghuó zài dànshuǐ zhōng.
  Fish such as carp and trout live in fresh water.

Words starting with 鲤

• 鲤鱼lǐ yúcarp
• 鲤城区Lǐ chéng QūLicheng, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市
• 鲤鱼旗lǐ yú qíkoinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day
• 鲤鱼打挺lǐ yú dǎ tǐng(martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands)…
• 鲤鱼跳龙门lǐ yú tiào lóng ménto make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break
• 鲤城Lǐ chéngsee 鲤城区

Words containing 鲤

• 海鲤hǎi lǐsea bream
• 裸鲤luǒ lǐnaked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii)
• 锦鲤jǐn lǐkoi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
• 鲮鲤líng lǐpangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
• 鲮鲤甲líng lǐ jiǎpangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
• 鲮鲤科líng lǐ kēthe pangolin family

Characters built on 里

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

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 哩lǐmile
• 锂lǐlithium (chemistry)
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 娌lǐused in 妯娌

Characters that look like 鲤

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

• 鲸jīngwhale
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲭qīngmackerel
• 鲣jiānbonito
• 鲔wěilittle tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

Sounds the same

Read lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 里lining; interior; inside
• 理texture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 礼gift; rite; ceremony
• 李plum
• 哩mile
• 娌used in 妯娌
• 俚rustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 澧Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖; surname Li
• 锂lithium (chemistry)
• 豊ceremonial vessel; variant of 礼
• 醴sweet wine
• 浬nautical mile