lie / liě / liē
particle #8,868

Meanings

  1. 1 sentence-final particle expressing affirmation or exclamation

Examples

Hǎo lie! jiāogěi wǒ ba.
Sure thing! Leave it to me.
Chīfàn lie!
Dinner's ready!

Tips

register
As a neutral-tone lie the character is a colloquial, regional sentence-final particle close to or , common in northern speech as a cheerful 'will do!' 好咧. It is informal and does not appear in formal writing.

Components

radical
kǒu
mouth
Left mouth radical, a small square picturing parted lips. It indexes in the speech-and-mouth family: , , . Here it specifically marks the lips being pulled wide into a grin.
phonetic
liè
row; line up (here phonetic)
Right side supplies the sound: liè drifting to liě in 咧嘴. The same phonetic powers , , . Faint semantic flavour too: when you grin your teeth show in a tidy 'row' under stretched lips.

Stroke Order

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