雷利 (léilì): Raleigh (transliteration of English name)

Meanings

1 Raleigh (transliteration of English name)
2 Riley (transliteration)

Characters

雷

léi

thunder / transliteration syllable

利

lì

sharp / profitable / transliteration syllable

Examples

雷利是英国探险家沃尔特·雷利的中文名。

Léilì shì Yīngguó tànxiǎnjiā Wò'ěrtè Léilì de Zhōngwén míng.

Leili is the Chinese transliteration for the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.

他叫雷利，是新来的英语老师。

Tā jiào Léilì, shì xīn lái de Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.

His name is Riley, and he is the newly arrived English teacher.

Tips

usage

雷利 is used as a phonetic transliteration for Western names like Raleigh or Riley. It has no standard fixed referent — the context determines which person or name is meant.

Stroke Order

雷 léi

利 lì

Related Words

哈利 hālì #3,596

Harry (transliteration of English name)

艾利图 àilìtú #24,697

Elito (name, transliteration) / Eritou (archaeological site name, transliteration variant)

布雷特 bùléitè #24,305

Brett (name) / Bret (name) / transliteration of the English name Brett

埃利奥特 āilìàotè #24,284

Elliott (name) / transliteration of the English name Elliott or Elliot

威利 wēilì #4,884

Willie; Willy (name) / power and profit

Fred (name) / Frederick (name, short form)

雷 léi #1,047

thunder / mine (military)

利益 lìyì HSK 4 #3,413

benefit; interest; profit / advantage