累 is also the simplified spelling of 纍.
累
Meanings · leoi6
- to bring trouble
Meanings · leoi4
- continously
- cluster of
- heaps of
- piled up
- many times
- prisoner
Meanings · leoi5
- to accumulate
- to pile up
- repeatedly
- successively
Meanings · leoi6
- tired
- weary
- to strain
- to wear out
- to work hard
- to involve
- to drag down
- to spread (harm) to
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese攰gui6 (character reading)↔Mandarin累lèi
Source note
CC-CEDICT line 50109: Mandarin equivalent: 累[lei4]
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 累 léi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinused in 累累 léi léi; used in 累贅 léi zhui and 累墜 léi zhui
- 累 lěi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. lèi); continuous; repeated
- 累 lèi CC-CEDICT · Mandarintired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lei4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗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.
character
- 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
character
- 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
character
- used in 累贅／累赘 (léizhui, “cumbersome”)
character
- only used in 謼遫累／呼遫累
character
- only used in 肥累
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