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勒 meaning in English

lēi

to strap tightly; to bind

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 勒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lēi
  1. to strap tightly
  2. to bind
lè
  1. (literary) bridle; halter; headstall
  2. to rein in
  3. to compel; to force
  4. (literary) to carve; to engrave
  5. (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc)
  6. (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])

勒 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

希xī特tè勒lēi恨hèn犹yóu太tài人rén。
Hitler hated the Jews.
有yǒu一yí个gè叫jiào米mǐ勒lēi的de想xiǎng见jiàn你nǐ。
A Mr. Miller wants to see you.
耶yé路lù撒sā冷lěng是shì巴bā勒lè斯sī坦tǎn的de首shǒu都dū。
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.
当dāng我wǒ在zài塞sāi勒lēi姆mǔ的de时shí候hòu, 我wǒ常cháng常cháng和hé约yuē翰hàn打dǎ网wǎng球qiú。
When I was in Salem, I would often play tennis with John.
找zhǎo到dào法fǎ迪dí勒lēi并bìng不bù难nán。
Finding Fadil isn't hard.

Stroke order for each character

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勒 lēi · to strap tightly · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 勒.

勒索lèsuǒto blackmail; to extort
勒死lēisǐto strangle
格勒gélè(onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha!

Questions about 勒

What does 勒 mean?

勒 (lēi) means "to strap tightly; to bind" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 勒?

勒 is made of 1 character: 勒 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 勒 an HSK word?

Yes. 勒 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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