李 (lei5 | li3) : plum; surname

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李

lei5

li3

[1] plum (fruit and tree)
[2] a very common Chinese surname

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

李

Don't confuse with:
季

This word has been viewed 16745 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2014 07:42

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桃駁李 tou4 bok3 lei5 tao2 bo2 li3 = nectarine; also 油桃

行李 hang4 lei5 xing2 li5 = luggage, baggage

隨身行李 ceoi4 san1 hang4 lei5 sui2 shen1 xing2 li3 = carry on luggage

李仔 lei5 zai2 = plum; damson

李小龍 lei5 siu2 lung4 li3 xiao3 long2 = Bruce Lee

行李排 hang4 lei5 paai4*2 = baggage tag

李子 lei5 zi2 = plum

洋李 joeng4 lei5 = plum

起行李票 hei2 hang4 lei5 piu3 = get ticket for luggage

行李箱 hang4 lei5 soeng1 xing2 li3 xiang1 = car boot; luggage piece
See all 75 compounds (CantoDict reports 76 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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拎件行李過嚟! 粵
Bring the luggage over here!

㨆起啲行李粵
Stack the luggage in a pile.

李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

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Decimal representation of this word: 李
Unicode code for this character: U+674e (off-site link)

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