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荔

Mandarin · pinyin lì

litchi

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荔: lì · lichee

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4 · li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lai6

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

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(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 馬藺／马蔺 (“Iris lactea”).
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 荔枝 (lìzhī, “lychee”)
used in 薜荔 (bìlì)
a surname

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