璃 (lí): (phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names), Taiwan pr., colored glaze
璃 (lí) is a Chinese character meaning “(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 王 (semantic) and 离 (phonetic). It ranks #1873 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 璃 jade. Its radical form 王 (jade) appears in many related characters such as 玩 (wán, to play), 现 (xiàn, to appear), 班 (bān, team).
Definitions
- (phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names)
- Taiwan pr.
- colored glaze
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 璃
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玻璃杯 | bō li bēi | drinking glass |
| 窗玻璃 | chuāng bō lí | window pane |
| 玻璃球 | bō li qiú | a marble (used in games) |
| 玻璃纸 | bō li zhǐ | cellophane |
| 磨砂玻璃 | mó shā bō li | frosted glass |
| 钢化玻璃 | gāng huà bō li | reinforced glass |
| 玻璃罩 | bō li zhào | glass cover |
| 玻璃体 | bō lí tǐ | vitreous humor |
| 琉璃 | liú li | colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture |
| 有机玻璃 | yǒu jī bō li | plexiglass |
| 毛玻璃 | máo bō li | frosted glass |
| 中空玻璃 | zhōng kōng bō li | double glazing |
| 玻璃心 | bō li xīn | (slang) overly sensitive |
| 不碎玻璃 | bù suì bō li | shatterproof or safety glass |
| 玻璃水 | bō li shuǐ | windshield washer fluid |
璃 appears in 29 compound words: 0 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 62 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 璃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
学习璃字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí lí zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "璃" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
冬奥/日双人花滑“璃来龙”生涯金满贯 透露未来一起退役
dōng ào rì shuāng rén huā huá lí lái lóng shēng yá jīn mǎn guàn tòu lù wèi lái yī qǐ tuì yì
Winter Olympics/Japan pair figure skating "Lilailong" career golden slam revealed that they will retire together in the future
广角镜/新北玻璃娃娃小雪 街头开唱 歌声动人
guǎng jiǎo jìng xīn běi bō lí wá wá xiǎo xuě jiē tóu kāi chàng gē shēng dòng rén
Wide-angle lens/New Taipei glass doll Xiaoxue sings on the street and sings movingly
...了!新西兰航空客机在飞行途中发现,挡风玻璃突然开裂!
. . . le ! xīn xī lán háng kōng kè jī zài fēi háng tú zhōng fā xiàn , dǎng fēng bō lí tū rán kāi liè !
... It's over! The Air New Zealand passenger plane discovered during the flight that the windshield suddenly cracked!
玻璃市及吉打部分地区一级高温
bō lí shì jí jí dǎ bù fēn dì qū yī jí gāo wēn
Perlis and parts of Kedah have a high temperature of level 1
西屿民宅收假日前夜 突遭3颗钢弹珠袭击玻璃门
xī yǔ mín zhái shōu jiǎ rì qián yè tū zāo 3 kē gāng dàn zhū xí jī bō lí mén
On the eve of the holiday in Xiyu House, the glass door was suddenly attacked by 3 steel marbles
车头的挡风玻璃被砸至粉碎。
Chē tóu de dǎngfēngbōli bèi zá zhì fěnsuì.
The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
不要踩在碎玻璃上。
Bù yào cǎi zài suì bōli shàng.
Don't step on the broken glass.
汤姆把窗玻璃打烂了。
Tāngmǔ bǎ chuāngbōlí dǎ làn le.
Tom broke the window pane.
雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
Yǔdī qiāodǎ chuānghu bōli.
The rain beats against the window pane.
Character Family
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