DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

荷莉·貝瑞

简荷莉·贝瑞 · 繁荷莉·貝瑞

Mandarin · pinyin Hé lì · Bèi ruì

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

荷: hé · lotus, water lily; Holland
莉: lì · white jasmine
貝: Look up this written character
瑞: ruì · felicitous omen; auspicious
贝: bèi · sea shell; money, currency

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–4–4 · He2 li4 · Bei4 rui4

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.

荷莉·貝瑞 · find source passages ↗ · 荷莉·贝瑞 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗