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淚

lèi

tears; weep, cry

Strokes
11
Radical
水
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 泪

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 泪, the simplified form of 淚. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 她流泪看着信。

    Tā liú lèi kàn zhe xìn

    She wept reading the letter.

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  • 他的眼里流出了泪水。

    Tā de yǎn lǐ liú chū le lèi shuǐ

    Tears fell from his eyes.

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  • 她的眼里涌出了泪水。

    Tā de yǎn lǐ yǒng chū le lèi shuǐ

    Her eyes gushed with tears.

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  • 我妈妈眼含着泪看我。

    Wǒ mā ma yǎn hán zhe lèi kàn wǒ

    My mother looked at me with tears in her eyes.

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

Words containing 泪

  • 眼泪yǎn lèi 3–4 tears; crying
  • 泪lèi 4tears
  • 流泪liú lèi 2–4 to shed tears
  • 泪水lèi shuǐ 4–3 teardrop; tears
  • 热泪盈眶rè lèi yíng kuàng 4–4–2–4eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved