李磊 (LǐLěi): Li Lei (extremely common Chinese male name); Li Lei, the main boy character in the classic PEP English-language textbooks used in Chinese middle schools

Meanings

1 Li Lei (extremely common Chinese male name); Li Lei, the main boy character in the classic PEP English-language textbooks used in Chinese middle schools

Characters

李

pile of stones; upright

Examples

李磊和韩梅梅是我们那代人的英语课本主角。

Lǐ Lěi hé Hán Méiméi shì wǒmen nà dài rén de Yīngyǔ kèběn zhǔjué.

Li Lei and Han Meimei were the main characters in our generation's English textbook.

我们单位有三个李磊。

Wǒmen dānwèi yǒu sān ge Lǐ Lěi.

Our workplace has three people named Li Lei.

Tips

culture

李磊 is Chinese internet shorthand for "generic Chinese guy," thanks to the People's Education Press (人教版) English textbook used from the 1990s onward, which featured Li Lei and his classmate 韩梅梅 (Han Meimei) as protagonists. A whole generation first learned "Hello, I'm Li Lei!" from them.

In Pop Culture

李雷和韩梅梅 Lǐ Léi hé Hán Méiméi

Li Lei and Han Meimei

The iconic PEP English-textbook duo (90s–2000s). Note: textbooks write the name as 李雷, but the pronunciation Lǐ Lěi with 磊 is an equally common real name and the two are often conflated online.