黎 (lai4 | li2) : surname; numerous; black

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黎

lai4

li2

[1] [n] a Chinese family name
[2] [adj] numerous; multitudinous
[3] [n] aborigines of Hainan
[4] [adj] black; dark

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: (#202)

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

黎

This word has been viewed 9881 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Apr 2013 07:03

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巴黎 baa1 lai4 ba1 li2 = Paris

黎明 lai4 ming4 li2 ming2 = dawn, daybreak; Leon Lai

巴黎帽 baa1 lai4 mou6*2 = a beret (loanword; a small cap)

波多黎各 bo1 do1 lai4 gok3 bo1 duo1 li2 ge4 = Puerto Rico

發郎黎 faat3 long4*1 lai4*2 = get angry 粵

巴黎鐵塔 baa1 lai4 tit3 taap3 = Eiffel Tower

哥斯達黎加 go1 si1 daat6 lai4 gaa1 ge1 si1 da2 li2 jia1 = Costa Rica

哥斯大黎加 go1 si1 daai6 lai6 gaa1 ge1 si1 da4 li2 jia1 = Costa Rica

黎巴嫩 lai4 baa1 nyun6 li2 ba1 nen4 = Lebanon

蘇黎世 sou1 lai4 sai3 su1 li2 shi4 = Zurich
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 32 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: 黎
Unicode code for this character: U+9ece (off-site link)

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