梨 (lí): pear, CL:個|个
梨 (lí) is a Chinese character meaning “pear.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 利 (phonetic) and 木 (semantic). It ranks #2749 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梨 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- pear
- CL:個|个
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雪梨 | xuě lí | snow pear (pyrus nivalis) |
| 梨子 | lí zi | pear |
| 凤梨 | fèng lí | pineapple |
| 梨树 | lí shù | pear tree |
| 士多啤梨 | shì duō pí lí | (HK) (loanword) strawberry |
| 高接梨 | gāo jiē lí | (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or hi... |
| 凤梨可乐达 | fèng lí kě lè dá | piña colada |
| 梨花带雨 | lí huā dài yǔ | lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) |
| 梨园子弟 | lí yuán zǐ dì | Chinese opera performers |
| 南美梨 | nán měi lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 黄花梨木 | huáng huā lí mù | yellow rosewood |
| 空气凤梨 | kōng qì fèng lí | air plant (genus Tillandsia 鐵蘭屬|铁兰属[tie3 lan2 shu3]) |
| 梨树区 | lí shù qū | Lishu, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 亚洲梨 | yà zhōu lí | Asian pear |
| 孔融让梨 | kǒng róng ràng lí | Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving... |
梨 appears in 44 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 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 梨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 梨.
Example Sentences
秋风起，梨叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , lí xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
Autumn winds rise, pear leaves turn yellow, Carpeted along the forest paths.
嘉义凤梨销日本出口冲破700公吨 翁章梁赴山口县...
jiā yì fèng lí xiāo rì běn chū kǒu chōng pò 7 0 0 gōng dūn wēng zhāng liáng fù shān kǒu xiàn . . .
Chiayi Pineapple Exports to Japan Surpass 700 Metric Tons; Weng Chang-liang Visits Yamaguchi Prefecture...
台东凤梨释迦推荐会在港举行 “吉祥果”口感蜜甜吸...
tái dōng fèng lí shì 迦 tuī jiàn huì zài gǎng jǔ háng jí xiáng guǒ kǒu gǎn mì tián xī . . .
Taitung Pineapple Shakya Recommendation Meeting was held in Hong Kong "Auspicious Fruit" taste honey sweet...
雪梨14岁被TVB高层借醉非礼 幸黄树棠出拳...
xuě lí 1 4 suì bèi T V B gāo céng jiè zuì fēi lǐ xìng huáng shù 棠 chū quán . . .
Sydney was drunk and indecent assault by TVB executives at the age of 14, and fortunately, Huang Shutang punched...
独/毛毛的...梨山工寮遭纵火 民众拍照赫见“鬼面笑脸”
dú máo máo de . . . lí shān gōng 寮 zāo zòng huǒ mín zhòng pāi zhào hè jiàn guǐ miàn xiào liǎn
Unique/hairy... Lishan Workers' House was set on fire, and people took pictures of "grimace and smiling faces"
我的新年“特供”丨订单翻倍!小碗梨成春节假期“新宠..
wǒ de xīn nián tè gōng 丨 dìng dān fān bèi ! xiǎo wǎn lí chéng chūn jié jiǎ qī xīn chǒng . .
My New Year's "Special Supply"丨Orders doubled! Small bowl pear has become a "new favorite" during the Spring Festival holiday:
雪梨是澳洲最大的城市。
Xuělí shì àozhōu zuì dà de chéngshì.
Sydney is the largest city in Australia.
这只梨闻上去很香。
Zhè zhī lí wénshàngqù hěn xiāng.
This pear smells nice.
他今天从雪梨回来。
Tā jīntiān cóng xuělí huílai.
He comes back from Sydney today.
水梨在这家工厂进行装罐。
Shuǐlí zài zhè jiā gōngchǎng jìnxíng zhuāng guàn.
Nashi are tinned in this factory.
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