荔 (lai6 | li4) : lychee

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荔

lai6

li4

lychee; litchi; lichee

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

荔

This word has been viewed 4668 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Sep 2010 04:43

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荔枝 lai6 zi1 li4 zhi1 = lychee

荔枝角 lai6 zi1 gok3 li4 zhi1 jiao3 = Lai Chi Kok (MTR station)

荔景 lai6 ging2 = Lai King (MTR station)

番荔枝 faan1 lai6 zi1 fan1 li4 zhi1 = sweetsop

荔枝菌 lai6 zi1 kwan5*2 = a type of fungus which grows on the trunk of the lychee tree 粵

大荔 daai6 lai6 da4 li4 = Dali (place in Shaanxi)

荔波 lai6 bo1 li4 bo1 = Libo (place in Guizhou)

荔浦 lai6 pou2 li4 pu3 = Lipu (place in Guangxi)

番鬼荔枝 faan1 gwai2 lai6 zi1 fan2 gui3 li4 zhi1 = sugar-apple, sweetsop

荔景山路 lai6 ging2 saan1 lou6 = Lai King Hill Road

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一粒荔枝三把火。粵
A lychee carries 'three fire'.
[This references the Chinese concept of 'internal body heat' - '熱氣'. Lychees are said to be a very '熱氣' kind of fruit and this may be said with the term 'three fire'.]

荔枝過造後至到龍眼旺季
The peak season for longans to come on sale is after the lychees.

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Unicode code for this character: U+8354 (off-site link)

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