黎 (lí): Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩, (literary) black
黎 (lí) is a Chinese character meaning “li ethnic group of hainan province.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 黍 (structural). It ranks #1467 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- Li ethnic group of Hainan Province
- abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩
- (literary) black
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴黎 | bā lí | Paris, capital of France |
| 黎明 | lí míng | dawn |
| 波多黎各 | bō duō lí gè | Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States |
| 苏黎世 | sū lí shì | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 黎巴嫩 | lí bā nèn | Lebanon |
| 哥斯达黎加 | gē sī dá lí jiā | Costa Rica |
| 黎利 | lí lì | Le Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428 |
| 的黎波里 | dì lí bō lǐ | Tripoli, capital of Libya |
| 苏黎士 | sū lí shì | variant of 蘇黎世|苏黎世[Su1 li2 shi4] |
| 黎曼 | lí màn | G.F.B. Riemann (1826-1866), German geometer |
| 黎民 | lí mín | the common people |
| 黎明时分 | lí míng shí fēn | daybreak |
| 黎明前的黑暗 | lí míng qián de hēi àn | darkness comes before dawn |
| 哥斯大黎加 | gē sī dà lí jiā | (Tw) Costa Rica |
| 苏黎世联邦理工学院 | sū lí shì lián bāng lǐ gōng xué yuàn | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university |
黎 appears in 53 compound words: 45 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 38 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 黎 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 黎.
Example Sentences
老师教我们黎字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men lí zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "黎."
黎智英欺诈罪上诉得直获撤刑 18年“勾外罪...
lí zhì yīng qī zhà zuì shàng sù dé zhí huò chè xíng 1 8 nián gōu wài zuì . . .
Jimmy Lai's fraud appeal was straight to the withdrawal of the sentence for 18 years of "hooking up with foreign nationals"...
防报复 美撤驻黎巴嫩使馆人员
fáng bào fù měi chè zhù lí bā nèn shǐ guǎn rén yuán
Prevent retaliation The United States withdrew its embassy personnel in Lebanon
要对伊动手了?美驻黎巴嫩使馆撤非紧急人员
yāo duì yī dòng shǒu le ? měi zhù lí bā nèn shǐ guǎn chè fēi jǐn jí rén yuán
Are you going to do something about it? The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon evacuated non-emergency personnel
美众议院议长强生 邀黎智英女儿出席国情咨文演说
měi zhòng yì yuàn yì cháng qiáng shēng yāo lí zhì yīng nǚ ér chū xí guó qíng zī wén yǎn shuō
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Johnson invited Jimmy Lai's daughter to attend the State of the Union address
要对伊朗动手了? 美国驻黎巴嫩大使馆撤离非紧急人员
yāo duì yī lǎng dòng shǒu le ? měi guó zhù lí bā nèn dà shǐ guǎn chè lí fēi jǐn jí rén yuán
Are you going to do something against Iran? The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon evacuated non-emergency personnel
他通过巴黎去了伦敦。
Tā tōngguò Bālí qù le Lúndūn.
He went to London via Paris.
塞纳河穿越了巴黎。
Sāinà Hé chuānyuè le Bālí.
The Seine flows through Paris.
他明天将抵达巴黎。
Tā míngtiān jiāng dǐdá Bālí.
He will arrive in Paris tomorrow.
希望你喜欢黎巴嫩菜肴。
Xīwàng nǐ xǐhuan Líbānèn càiyáo.
I hope you like Lebanese food.
Character Family
黍 Radical Family — Characters sharing the millet radical
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