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俚

lǐ
adjective #45,676

Meanings

  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 vulgar; unrefined
  3. 3 colloquial (of language)

Examples

这本词典收录了很多俚语。
Zhè běn cídiǎn shōulù le hěn duō lǐyǔ.
This dictionary collects a lot of slang.
这首民歌的用词质朴而俚俗。
Zhè shǒu míngē de yòngcí zhìpǔ ér lǐ sú.
The wording of this folk song is plain and rustic.

Tips

usage
Most often met in 俚语 ('slang') and 俚俗 ('vulgar, rustic'). Capitalized Lǐ is also an old name for the Li ethnic group, but the everyday sense is 'common, unrefined speech'.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person (radical form)
The left-side form of 人 (person). It marks this as a people word: rustic, common folk and their plain speech.
phonetic
里 lǐ
village; inside; phonetic
Gives the sound lǐ exactly, and its 'village' meaning faintly reinforces the rustic, common-folk sense. Same phonetic in 理 and 鲤.

Stroke Order

俚 lǐ