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涖

简莅 · 繁涖

Mandarin · pinyin lì#

variant of 蒞 lì, to attend

Mandarin · pinyin Lì#

river in Hebei

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莅: lì · attend, be present; arrive at

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4 · li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lei6

Cantonese word readings for 涖. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 2

(historical dictionaries only) drying up of water
used in 涖涖 (lìlì, “sound of water being drained”)
(archaic) to manage; to supervise

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