Skip to content

勒

lēi

strangle, tighten

Shadow
Strokes
11
Radical
力
HSK
7
Tone
1

Other readings: lè

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 有一个叫米勒的想见你。

    Yǒu yī gè jiào mǐ lè de xiǎng jiàn nǐ

    A Mr. Miller wants to see you.

  • 中小企业要勒紧裤带才能存活。

    Zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè yào lēi jǐn kù dài cái néng cún huó

    Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.

  • 找到法迪勒并不难。

    Zhǎo dào fǎ dí lè bìng bù nán

    Finding Fadil isn't hard.

  • 我在布加勒斯特遇见安卡时，她在学习。

    Wǒ zài Bù jiā lè sī tè yù jiàn Ān kǎ shí tā zài xué xí

    When I met Anka in Bucharest she was studying.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 勒

  • 勒lēi 1to strap tightly; to bind
  • 勒lè 4to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux