= li + Ø4
minor government official or functionary (old)
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How to pronounce 吏

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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吏 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhàng = zh + ang4
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 吏 as component

使
使
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
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Words with 吏

style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office
minor official
Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

Sentences with 吏

吏 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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minor government official or functionary (old)

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