丽 (lì): beautiful, Korea
丽 (lì) is a Chinese character meaning “beautiful.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural), 冂 (structural), 丶 (structural), 冂 (structural) and 丶 (structural). It ranks #834 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 丽 simplified form of 麗; the antlers of a deer 鹿. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- beautiful
- Korea
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSimplified form of 麗; the antlers of a deer 鹿
Decomposition: ⿱一⿰⿵冂丶⿵冂丶 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 丽
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玛丽proper-noun | mǎ lì | Mary or Marie (name) |
| 伊丽莎白proper-noun | yī lì shā bái | Elizabeth (person name) |
| 华丽adjective | huá lì | gorgeous |
| 玛格丽特proper-noun | mǎ gé lì tè | margarita (cocktail) |
| 玛丽亚proper-noun | mǎ lì yà | Maria (name) |
| 爱丽丝proper-noun | ài lì sī | (name) Alice |
| 朱丽叶proper-noun | zhū lì yè | Juliet or Juliette (name) |
| 瑞丽proper-noun | ruì lì | see 瑞麗市|瑞丽市 |
| 奥黛丽 | ào dài lì | Audrey |
| 朱丽亚 | zhū lì yà | Julia (name) |
| 佳丽adjective | jiā lì | a beauty |
| 雅丽 | yǎ lì | elegant |
| 蒙娜丽莎proper-noun | méng nà lì shā | Mona Lisa |
| 丽丽 | lì lì | Lili (name) |
| 壮丽adjective | zhuàng lì | magnificence |
丽 appears in 100 compound words: 20 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 丽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
Showing 7 of 9 idioms containing 丽.
Example Sentences
丽字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
lí zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "丽" has different usages in different contexts.
《大行》瑞银:新秀丽(01910.HK)美国双重上市估值重估...
dà háng ruì yín : xīn xiù lí ( 0 1 9 1 0 . H K ) měi guó shuāng chóng shàng shì gū zhí chóng gū . . .
UBS: Samsonite (01910.HK) U.S. dual listing valuation revaluation...
钟丽缇三度出嫁诞三女 16岁细女搭飞机播片被...
zhōng lí 缇 sān dù chū jià dàn sān nǚ 1 6 suì xì nǚ dā fēi jī bō piàn bèi . . .
Zhong Liti married three times and gave birth to three daughters, and her 16-year-old daughter took a plane to broadcast the film...
淑丽气象/雨神上班了!北台湾大雨狂炸 放晴日...
淑 lí qì xiàng yǔ shén shàng bān le ! běi tái wān dà yǔ kuáng zhà fàng qíng rì . . .
Shuli Meteorology/Rain God is at work! Heavy rain and heavy bombing in northern Taiwan on a sunny day...
郑丽文撞钟诡异抖动!命理师惊揭“是他显灵”要...
zhèng lí wén zhuàng zhōng guǐ yì dǒu dòng ! mìng lǐ shī jīng jiē shì tā xiǎn líng yāo . . .
Zheng Liwen rang the bell and shook strangely! The numerologist revealed that "it was he who appeared" to...
淑丽气象/首波春雨来了!2波锋面通过 连假天...
淑 lí qì xiàng shǒu bō chūn yǔ lái le ! 2 bō fēng miàn tōng guò lián jiǎ tiān . . .
Beautiful weather/The first wave of spring rain is coming! 2 waves of fronts passed through the holidays...
为什么玛丽和他去野餐？
Wèishénme Mǎlì hé tā qù yěcān?
How come Mary is going on a picnic with him?
美丽的夕阳，不是吗？
Měilì de xīyáng, bùshìma?
A beautiful sunset, isn't it?
汤姆想知道玛丽是否有男朋友？
Tāngmǔ xiǎng zhīdào Mǎlì shìfǒu yǒu nánpéngyou?
Tom wanted to know if Mary had a boyfriend.
汤姆怎么能让玛丽跟他去跳舞呢？
Tāngmǔ zěnme néng ràng Mǎlì gēn tā qù tiàowǔ ne?
How did Tom get Mary to go to the dance with him?
Character Family
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