Li in Chinese
lǐ ·Li (common Chinese surname); plum ·7 strokes
Li in Chinese is 李, pronounced lǐ.
How to write 李
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Stroke order of 李
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李 in a sentence
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李 老 师 教 我 们 中 文 。Teacher Li teaches us Chinese.
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李 是 很 常 见 的 姓 。Li is a very common surname.
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我 姓 李 。My surname is Li.
李 vs 梨 vs 姓
Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.
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梨 lí pear
Near-homophone — lí vs lǐ — and a look-alike: 梨 'pear' keeps 李's 木 'wood' on the bottom. The fruit is 梨子.
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姓 xìng surname
李 is itself a surname — 我姓李 'my surname is Li'. 姓 is the word 'surname': 你姓什么?