累 is also the simplified spelling of 纍.
累
Meanings · léi
- used in 累累 léi léi
- used in 累贅 léi zhui and 累墜 léi zhui
Meanings · lěi
- to accumulate
- to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. lèi)
- continuous
- repeated
Meanings · lèi
- tired
- weary
- to strain
- to wear out
- to work hard
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- 累
- lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
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Mandarin tones
2 · lei2
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 22 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
leoi3 · leoi4 · leoi5 · leoi6
Cantonese word readings for 累. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to pile up; to heap up; to mount up; to accumulate
- repeated; numerous; unremitting; continuous; persistent
- (obsolete) to repeat; to replicate; to overlap
- (obsolete) to add (to); to increase; to grow
- (obsolete) to amount (to); to sum up (to)
- (obsolete) alternative form of 絫 (lěi, “ancient weight unit”)
- a surname
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- to involve; to implicate; to embroil; to entangle; to hinder
- (obsolete) burden; tribulation; affliction; problem
- (obsolete) to damage; to hurt; to do harm to; to stain; to sully
- (obsolete) to entrust; to delegate; to devolve
- to strain; to wear out; to cause to be tired
- to strain; to wear out; to cause to be tired — to cause trouble to; to trouble (someone)
- (obsolete) suffering; misery; harm; disaster
- (obsolete) fault; crime; slip; defect
- to work hard; to toil; to overwork
- tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted
- (obsolete) wife and children; one's family
- (Changsha Xiang, polite) please; asking for help
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- used in 累贅／累赘 (léizhui, “cumbersome”)
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- only used in 謼遫累／呼遫累
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- only used in 肥累
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