梨 (lei4*2 lei4 | li2) : pear

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梨

lei4*2 lei4

li2

pear - fruit or tree

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

梨

This word has been viewed 8670 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Jul 2010 05:26

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酪梨 lok3 lei4*2 lao4 li2 = avocado

啤梨 be1 lei4*2 = pear

鳳梨 fung6 lei4 feng4 li2 = pineapple 國

雪梨 syut3 lei4 xue3 li2 = chinese pear; Sydney

士多啤梨 si6 do1 be1 lei4*2 = strawberry 粵

水晶梨 seoi2 zing1 lei4*2 = Japanese pear; Twenty Century pear

沙梨 saa1 lei4*2 = a species of pear, with gritty pulp

梨子 lei4*2 zi2 li2 zi3 = pear

鱷梨 ngok6 lei4 e4 li2 = avocado

鴨嘴梨 aap3 zeoi2 lei4*2 = the duck pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)
See all 15 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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: 梨
Unicode code for this character: U+68a8 (off-site link)

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