HSK 6 · Objects

粒 lì “grain” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 粒 means

  1. grain
  2. granule
  3. (measure word for small round things)
  4. pellet
  5. particle
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

How to say 粒

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale粒lì4th tone, falling

粒 in a sentence

  1. 我只剩下一粒糖了。

    Wǒ zhǐ shèngxià yí lì táng le.

    I only have one sweet left.

    Sentence #414630 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 一粒米都不要浪费！

    Yí lì mǐ dōu búyào làngfèi!

    Waste not a single grain of rice!

    Sentence #829721 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 饭后服用，一日两次，一次两粒。

    Fàn hòu fúyòng, yí rì liǎng cì, yí cì liǎng lì.

    Take after meals, twice a day, two tablets each time.

    Sentence #14017579 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 粒 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 粒 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 立stand · lìSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 立 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 粒

粒 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 粒

More words: Objects & Materials

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FAQs

粒 (lì) means “grain” or “granule”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lì: lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 粒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type li with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粒 from the suggestions. Typing li into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粒 is an HSK 6 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.