璃 (lei1 lei4 | li5 li2) : glass; glaze

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璃

lei1 lei4

li5 li2

[粵] lei1 [國] li5 li2
glass

[粵] lei4 [國] li5 li2
glaze

Pinyin li5 is used in China; li2 in Taiwan.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

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

璃

This word has been viewed 7459 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Apr 2014 14:41

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玻璃窗 bo1 lei4*1 coeng1 = glass window

玻璃 bo1 lei4*1 bo1 li2 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 (PRC) = glass

玻璃杯 bo1 lei4*1 bui1 bo1 li2 bei1 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 bei1 (PRC) = a (drinking) glass

玻璃生菜 bo1 lei4*1 saang1 coi3 = lettuce

玻璃瓦 bo1 lei4*1 ngaa5 = a glass tile

車頭玻璃 ce1 tau4 bo1 lei4*1 che1 tou2 bo1 li2 (Taiwan), che1 tou2 bo1 li5 (PRC) = windshield of a car

玻璃纖維 bo1 lei4*1 cim1 wai4 bo1 li2 xian1 wei2 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 xian1 wei2 (PRC) = fibreglass

玻璃紙 bo1 lei4*1 zi2 bo1 li2 zhi3 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 zhi3 (PRC) = cellophane

玻璃棉 bo1 lei4*1 min4 bo1 li2 mian2 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 mian2 (PRC) = glass wool

寶石玻璃 bou2 sek6 bo1 lei4*1 bao3 shi2 bo1 li5 = cameo glass
See all 35 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 璃

玻璃㔆嚫腳粵
The foot is pricked by a piece of glass.

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Decimal representation of this word: 璃
Unicode code for this character: U+7483 (off-site link)

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