烈 (lit6 | lie4) : intense; staunch; martyr; achievements

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烈

lit6

lie4

[1] intense; fierce; strong; acute
[2] staunch; upright; stern; unyielding
[3] martyr; person who dies for a just course
[4] achievements; exploits; merits

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

烈

This word has been viewed 8118 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Sep 2010 10:37

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強烈 koeng4 lit6 qiang2 lie4 = strong, intense

熱烈 jit6 lit6 re4 lie4 = warm; enthusiastic

壯烈 zong3 lit6 zhuang4 lie4 = brave and honourable

興高采烈 hing3 gou1 coi2 lit6 xing4 gao1 cai3 lie4 = (idiom) in high spirits; delighted; excited

劇烈 kek6 lit6 ju4 lie4 = violent; fierce; severe; acute

激烈 gik1 lit6 ji1 lie4 = intense; fierce; acute

猛烈 maang5 lit6 meng3 lie4 = fierce, violent (criticism, etc.)

烈士 lit6 si6 = martyr

劇烈運動 kek6 lit6 wan6 dung6 ju4 lie4 yun4 dong4 = violent motion

狂烈 kong4 lit6 kuang2 lie4 = turbulence, a state of violent agitation

烈酒 lit6 zau2 lie4 jiu3 = firewater (strong liquor); hard liquor, spirits

競爭激烈 ging6 zang1 gik1 lit6 jing4 zheng1 ji1 lie4 = fierce competition

忠烈 zung1 lit6 zhong1 lie4 = sacrifice oneself for one's country; martyr

熱烈歡迎 jit6 lit6 fun1 jing4 re4 lie4 huan1 ying2 = warmly welcome

熱烈爭辯 jit6 lit6 zaang1 bin6 = a red-hot argument

火烈鳥 fo2 lit6 niu5 huo3 lie4 niao3 = flamingo

愈演愈烈 jyu6 jin2 jyu6 lit6 yu3 yan3 yu3 lie4 = to become ever more violent

轟轟烈烈 gwang1 gwang1 lit6 lit6 hong1 hong1 lie4 lie4 = on a grand and spectacular scale

烈酒杯 lit6 zau2 bui1 = a shotglass (shot glass) (common formation)

烈火 lit6 fo2 lie4 huo3 = raging inferno; blaze

慘烈 caam2 lit6 can3 lie4 = very severe; horrifying

烈治文 lit6 zi6 man4 lie4 zhi4 wen2 = Richmond (a city in BC Canada with high Chinese population)

節烈 zit3 lit6 jie2 lie4 = (of a woman) indomitably chaste

先烈 sin1 lit6 xian1 lie4 = martyr

烈女 lit6 neoi5 = heroine, female martyr

激烈嘅競爭 gik1 lit6 ge3 ging6 zang1 = cut-throat competition; fierce competition 粵

烈嶼鄉 lit6 jyu4 hoeng1 lie4 yu3 xiang1 = Liehyu (village in Taiwan)

瑪嘉烈 maa5 gaa1 lit6 = Margaret

瑪嘉烈公主 maa5 gaa1 lit6 gung1 zyu2 = Princess Margaret

激烈的競爭 gik1 lit6 dik1 ging3 zang1 ji1 lie4 de4 jing4 zheng1 = cut-throat competition 國 (common formation)

乾柴烈火 gon1 caai4 lit6 fo2 gan1 chai2 lie4 huo3 = a volatile or explosive situation

丕烈 pei1 lit6 pi1 lie4 = greatly, gloriously

羅烈 lo4 lit6 luo2 lie4 = Lo Lieh

緬懷先烈 min5 waai4 sin1 lit6 mian3 huai2 xian1 lie4 = cherish the memory of past martyrs

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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