累 (leoi6 leoi5 | lei3 lei4) : involve; tired; accumulate; repeatedly

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累

leoi6 leoi5

lei3 lei4

[粵] leoi6 | [國] lei3
[v] involve; implicate; spread (harm)

[粵] leoi6 | [國] lei4
[adj] tired; weary; fatigued

[粵] leoi5 | [國] lei3
[1] [v] accumulate; pile up
[2] [adv] repeatedly; successively

累 is also the simplified form of 纍. As traditional characters, these two characters have some overlapping meanings.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 糸 (#120)

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

累

This word has been viewed 8394 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Nov 2013 14:15

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積累 zik1 leoi5 ji1 lei3 = to accumulate

累積 leoi5 zik1 lei3 ji1 = cumulation, stores

拖累 to1 leoi6 tuo1 lei3 = encumber, involve another person in financial loss, or court proceedings

累贅 leoi6 zeoi6 lei2 zhui4 = wordy, repetitious, redundance

累累 leoi4 leoi4 = again and again; countless; haggard; heaps of; wretched

累世 leoi5 sai3 = for many generations; generation after generation

疲累 pei4 leoi6 pi2 lei4 = tired, exhausted

慢累積 maan6 leoi5 zik1 man4 lei3 ji1 = accumulates slowly; cumulative (e.g., poison)

果實累累 gwo2 sat6 leoi4 leoi4 guo3 shi2 lei2 lei2 = fruit growing in close clusters; fruit hanging heavy on the trees

連累 lin4 leoi6 lian2 lei3 = to implicate others; to drag into a situation; embroil
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