(): Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩, (literary) black

() 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 (structural). It ranks #1467 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. Li ethnic group of Hainan Province
  2. abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩
  3. (literary) black

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
bā líParis, capital of France
lí míngdawn
bō duō lí gèPuerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
sū lí shìZurich, Switzerland
lí bā nènLebanon
gē sī dá lí jiāCosta Rica
lí lìLe Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428
dì lí bō lǐTripoli, capital of Libya
sū lí shìvariant of 蘇黎世|苏黎世[Su1 li2 shi4]
lí mànG.F.B. Riemann (1826-1866), German geometer
lí mínthe common people
lí míng shí fēndaybreak
lí míng qián de hēi àndarkness comes before dawn
gē sī dà lí jiā(Tw) Costa Rica
sū lí shì lián bāng lǐ gōng xué yuànEidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university
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Total compounds
45
As first character
17
As last character
38
As middle character

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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

nèn
0.72738,894 co-occurrences
0.685243,430 co-occurrences
chè
0.54711 co-occurrences
míng
0.47569,204 co-occurrences
0.43323,916 co-occurrences
0.41514,370 co-occurrences
jiāo
0.3823,072 co-occurrences
chāng
0.3776,666 co-occurrences
ěr
0.3724,728 co-occurrences
0.3638,064 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

bā lí dà xuéHSK 7+

University of Paris

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Bālí GōngshèHSK 7+

Paris Commune

BōduōlígèHSK 7+

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们字的发音和笔顺。

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."

RfiFeb 2026

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"...

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

防报复 美撤驻巴嫩使馆人员

fáng bào fù měi chè zhù lí bā nèn shǐ guǎn rén yuán

Prevent retaliation The United States withdrew its embassy personnel in Lebanon

東森新聞Feb 2026

要对伊动手了?美驻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

WorldjournalFeb 2026

美众议院议长强生 邀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

LtnFeb 2026

要对伊朗动手了? 美国驻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

Tatoeba

他通过巴去了伦敦。

Tā tōngguò Bālí qù le Lúndūn.

He went to London via Paris.

Tatoeba

塞纳河穿越了巴

Sāinà Hé chuānyuè le Bālí.

The Seine flows through Paris.

Tatoeba

他明天将抵达巴

Tā míngtiān jiāng dǐdá Bālí.

He will arrive in Paris tomorrow.

Tatoeba

希望你喜欢巴嫩菜肴。

Xīwàng nǐ xǐhuan Líbānèn càiyáo.

I hope you like Lebanese food.

Character Family

Radical Family — Characters sharing the millet radical

Related Characters

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 黎 (lí) mean in Chinese?
黎 (lí) primarily means "li ethnic group of hainan province." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1467 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 黎 and 白?
黎 (lí) and 白 (bái) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 黎 (black) vs 白 (white).
How many strokes does 黎 have?
黎 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 黎?
The radical associated with 黎 is 黍 (millet). This radical appears in many characters related to millet.
What are the components of 黎?
黎 is composed of: 黍 (structural). Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 黎?
Common words with 黎 include: 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"). There are over 53 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 黎 (lí)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lí: 礼 (abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites), 李 (plum, surname Li), 里 (lining), 理 (texture), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 黎 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 黎 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.