離 (lei4 lei6 | li2 li4 li3 chi1 ) : leave; depart; go away; separate

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離

lei4 lei6

li2 li4 li3 chi1

[1] [v] leave; depart; go away; separate; separation [2] [v] defy; go against [3] distant; apart from [4] [v] run into; meet with [5] [v] act in pair [6] bright (light) [7] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#172)

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

離 / 离

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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離開 lei4 hoi1 li2 kai1 = to leave; to depart; to separate

隔離 gaak3 lei4 = to isolate, to separate; isolation

離婚 lei4 fan1 li2 hun1 = to divorce

離譜 lei4 pou2 li2 pu3 = ridiculous; too much

離氣 lei4 hei3 = incompetent; disadvantageous 粵

距離 keoi5 lei4 ju4 li2 = distance; to distance; to be apart

脫離 tyut3 lei4 tuo1 li2 = break away from

脫離本題 tyut3 lei4 bun2 tai4 tuo1 li2 ben3 ti2 = to change the subject; to digress from the topic under discussion

脫離關係 tyut3 lei4 gwaan1 hai6 tuo1 li2 guan1 xi4 = to break off relations; to cut ties

脫離實際 tyut3 lei4 sat6 zai3 tuo1 li2 shi2 ji4 = to be out of touch with reality
See all 91 compounds (CantoDict reports 93 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 離

當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]

一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我。
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

你離緊去邊度做呀？粵
Where will you work in the future?

亞蓮隔離周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾粵
Ah Lin's neighbour often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.

危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

香港嘅英文脫離咗粵
The English spoken in Hong Kong is worse than before.
[Lit. Hong Kong [possessive particle] English broken away-already]

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 離
Unicode code for this character: U+96e2 (off-site link)

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