粒 meaning in English

lì

grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

HSK 7-9measure word11 strokes

Meaning of 粒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lì

grain; granule; pellet; particle
classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
(Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)

粒 in example sentences

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

你nǐ衬chèn衫shān的de第dì二èr粒lì衣yī钮niǔ好hǎo像xiàng快kuài要yào掉diào下xià来lái了le。

The second button of your shirt is coming off.

空kōng气qì中zhōng的de微wēi粒lì可kě以yǐ引yǐn发fā癌ái症zhèng。

Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

我wǒ的de儿ér子zi从cóng盒hé子zi里lǐ拿ná了le一yī粒lì糖táng。

My son took a candy from the box.

一yī粒lì小xiǎo小xiǎo的de橡xiàng实shí可kě以yǐ长zhǎng成chéng一yī棵kē高gāo大dà的de橡xiàng树shù。

From a small acorn grows a tall oak tree.

我wǒ只zhǐ剩shèng下xià一yī粒lì糖táng了le。

I only have one sweet left.

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粒 lì · grain · 11 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 粒.

粒子	lìzǐ	(elementary) particle; grain
颗粒	kēlì	kernel; granule
微粒	wēilì	speck; particle
米粒	mǐlì	grain of rice; granule

Questions about 粒

What does 粒 mean?

粒 (lì) means "grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)" and is used as a measure word.

How do you write 粒?

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

Is 粒 an HSK word?

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