HSK 5 · Food

梨 lí “pear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 梨 means

  1. pear

Measure word 个 gè · 一个梨 yí ge lí

How to say 梨

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale梨lí2nd tone, rising

梨 in a sentence

  1. 我吃一个梨。

    Wǒ chī yí ge lí.

    I’ll have a pear.

    Sentence #778882 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我午餐吃了苹果、梨子和石榴。

    Wǒ wǔcān chī le píngguǒ, lízi hé shíliu.

    For lunch I had an apple, pears and a pomegranate.

    Sentence #13893786 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 梨 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 梨 (lí) with each of its parts in a different colour
梨lípear
  • 利gains · lìSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 利 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lí.

How to write 梨

梨 11 strokes

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梨 (lí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 梨 (lí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 梨

More words: Food & Dining

桔子júzi · mandarin开水kāishuǐ · boiled water口味kǒuwèi · taste辣椒làjiāo · chilli粮食liángshi · grain零食língshí · between-meal nibbles馒头mántou · steamed roll食物shíwù · food

FAQs

梨 (lí) means “pear”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lí: lí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 梨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one pear is 一个梨 (yí ge lí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type li with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 梨 from the suggestions. Typing li into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
梨 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.