狸 (lí): raccoon dog
狸 (lí) is a Chinese character meaning “raccoon dog.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 里 (phonetic). It ranks #3077 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 狸 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat), 猜 (cāi, to guess).
Definitions
- raccoon dog
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狐狸noun | hú li | fox |
| 海狸noun | hǎi lí | beaver |
| 狐狸精noun | hú li jīng | fox-spirit |
| 狐狸尾巴 | hú li wěi ba | lit. fox's tail (idiom) |
| 老狐狸 | lǎo hú li | (fig.) old fox |
| 狸猫noun | lí māo | leopard cat |
| 河狸noun | hé lí | beaver |
| 狸子noun | lí zi | leopard cat |
| 果子狸noun | guǒ zi lí | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| 花面狸 | huā miàn lí | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| 海狸鼠 | hǎi lí shǔ | (zoology) coypu |
| 狸花猫 | lí huā māo | Dragon Li (modern Chinese cat breed) |
| 穷鼠啮狸phrase | qióng shǔ niè lí | a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) |
| 狐狸座proper-noun | hú li zuò | (astronomy) Vulpecula |
| 狸奴 | lí nú | cat (literary or jocular) |
狸 appears in 17 compound words: 24 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 24 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 狸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 狸.
Example Sentences
狸字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
lí zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
Although the character "狸" is difficult to write, its meaning is quite interesting.
“我不是狐狸，我是那只酱板鸭”，一个传统的狐妖报恩的故事，被魔改成了酱板鸭复仇故事。
wǒ bù shì hú lí , wǒ shì nà zhī jiàng bǎn yā , yī gè chuán tǒng de hú yāo bào ēn de gù shì , bèi mó gǎi chéng le jiàng bǎn yā fù qiú gù shì .
“I’m Not a Fox—I’m That Braised Duck”—a traditional tale of a fox spirit repaying a debt of gratitude has been wildly reimagined as a story of a braised duck seeking revenge.
流浪猫以及狼、狐狸、臭鼬等食肉哺乳动物或蝙蝠，均属于狂犬病高风险动物。
liú làng māo yǐ jí láng , hú lí , chòu 鼬 děng shí ròu bǔ rǔ dòng wù huò 蝙 蝠 , jūn shǔ yú kuáng quǎn bìng gāo fēng xiǎn dòng wù .
Stray cats, as well as carnivorous mammals such as wolves, foxes, and skunks, and bats, are all considered high-risk animals for rabies.
比如‘你可曾在雪山下救过一只狐狸’虽是热梗跟风，却点燃了普通网友的创作热情。
bǐ rú nǐ kě céng zài xuě shān xià jiù guò yī zhī hú lí suī shì rè 梗 gēn fēng , què diǎn rán le pǔ tōng wǎng yǒu de chuàng zuò rè qíng .
For example, although “Have you ever saved a fox at the foot of a snow-capped mountain?” was just a trend people were jumping on, it sparked the creative enthusiasm of ordinary netizens.
皮克斯新作《河狸变身计划》争议:技术巅峰与叙事崩塌
pí kè sī xīn zuò hé lí biàn shēn jì huá zhēng yì : jì shù diān fēng yǔ xù shì bēng tā
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Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 犭 (dog) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced lí
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