列 (liè): to arrange, to line up, file
列 (liè) is a Chinese character meaning “to arrange.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 歹 (structural) and 刂 (semantic). It ranks #500 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 列 line. Its radical form 刂 (knife) appears in many related characters such as 分 (fēn, to divide), 别 (bié, to leave), 到 (dào, to reach).
Definitions
- to arrange
- to line up
- file
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 列
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 系列noun | xì liè | series | 6 |
| 列车noun | liè chē | (railway) train | 5 |
| 排列verb | pái liè | to arrange in order | 5 |
| 一系列adjective | yī xì liè | a series of | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以色列 | yǐ sè liè | Israel |
| 序列 | xù liè | sequence |
| 列出 | liè chū | to list |
| 行列 | háng liè | formation |
| 列表 | liè biǎo | to tabulate |
| 列为 | liè wéi | to be classified as |
| 列入 | liè rù | to include on a list |
| 不列颠 | bù liè diān | Britain |
| 列队 | liè duì | in formation (military) |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate |
| 队列 | duì liè | formation (of troops) |
| 大不列颠 | dà bù liè diān | Great Britain |
| 列宁 | liè níng | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader |
| 出列 | chū liè | (military) to leave one's place in the ranks |
| 名列 | míng liè | to rank (number 1, or third last etc) |
列 appears in 100 compound words: 37 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 23 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 列 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
Leningrad; Leningrad (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Saint Petersburg)
Leningrad; Leningrad (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Saint Petersburg)
Showing 10 of 12 idioms containing 列.
Example Sentences
请把这些问题列出来，我们逐一解决。
Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē wèntí liè chūlai, wǒmen zhúyī jiějué.
Please list these problems, and we will solve them one by one.
新春走基层|货运列车检车员:迟来的团圆,只为让更多..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng huò yùn liè chē jiǎn chē yuán : chí lái de tuán yuán , zhī wéi ràng gēng duō . .
Freight train inspector: belated reunion, just to let more:
中外交流|塞尔维亚举行系列新春庙会活动庆祝中国年
zhōng wài jiāo liú sāi ěr wéi yà jǔ háng xì liè xīn chūn miào huì huó dòng qìng zhù zhōng guó nián
Sino-Foreign Exchange|Serbia celebrates Chinese New Year with a series of Lunar New Year temple festivals
俄罗斯莫斯科地铁举行中国春节主题列车发车仪式
é luó sī mò sī kē dì tiě jǔ háng zhōng guó chūn jié zhǔ tí liè chē fā chē yí shì
Chinese New Year-themed train launch ceremony held in Russia's Moscow Metro
列国鉴|记者观察:食品贴上警示标签 智利欲...
liè guó jiàn jì zhě guàn chá shí pǐn tiē shǎng jǐng shì biāo qiān zhì lì yù . . .
China's foreign policy: Chile's food labeled with a warning...
春节不打烊,广州交投集团中欧班列预计发运9列、货值..
chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , guǎng zhōu jiāo tóu jí tuán zhōng ōu bān liè yù jì fā yùn liè huò zhí . .
Guangzhou Transport Investment Group's China-Europe freight trains will operate throughout the Spring Festival period, with nine departures scheduled carrying goods valued at...
数艘游艇在远方的海洋并列航行。
Shù sōu yóutǐng zài yuǎnfāng de hǎiyáng bìngliè hángxíng.
Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.
格列佛为寻求探险而旅行。
Gé liè Fó wèi xúnqiú tànxiǎn ér lǚxíng.
Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure.
你能把这清单按字母顺序排列吗？
Nǐ néng bǎ zhè qīngdān àn zìmǔ shùnxù páiliè ma?
Could you rearrange this list so it's in alphabetical order?
列昂尼德搜寻了网际网路。
Liè áng ní dé sōuxún le wǎngjìwǎnglù.
Leonid searched the Internet.
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