DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

灰不喇唧

Mandarin · pinyin huī bù lǎ jī

dull gray
gray and loathsome

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

灰: huī · ashes; dust; lime, mortar
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
喇: lǎ · horn, bugle; lama; final particle
唧: jī · chirping of insects; pump; (Cant.) a final particle

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–3–1 · hui1 bu4 la3 ji1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

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.

灰不喇唧 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗