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lai6
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[1] [adj] beautiful; magnificent; elegant [2] [v] [literary] attach oneself to Pinyin li4 is standard reading; li2 is used only for a couple of place names.
Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 19
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 11088 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2014 02:44 |
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高麗
gou1lai6 = Korean Goryeo 고려 dynasty, 918-1392 ; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
美麗
mei5 lai6 = beautiful
壯麗
zong3 lai6 = magnificence; magnificent; majestic; glorious
秀麗
sau3 lai6 = beautiful; pretty
大麗花
daai6 lai6 faa1 = dahlia plant
雅麗
ngaa5 lai6 = elegant, refined beauty; transliteration of Alice
華麗
waa4 lai6 = resplendent, magnificent
瑪格麗塔
maa5 gaak3 lai6 taap3 = a margarita
阿麗
aa3 lai6 = a nightclub hostess
華麗杜鵑
waa4 lai6 dou6 gyun1 = Rhododendron farrerae (Farrer's azalea)See all 41 compounds |
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Decimal representation of this word: 麗
Unicode code for this character: U+9e97 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 麗
Unicode code for this character: U+9e97 (off-site link)
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