Chinese words starting with “lei”
12 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable lei. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial l · final ei · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 1
- 2nd tone 3
- 3rd tone 2
- 4th tone 6
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 类似lèi sìHSK 3
similar; analogous
All 12 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 类 | lèi | q,n,g | kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble | |
| 2 | 累 | lèi | a,v,an | tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard | |
| 3 | 雷 | léi | n,nr | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | |
| 4 | 类型 | lèi xíng | n | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type | |
| 5 | 勒 | lēi | v | to strap tightly; to bind | |
| 6 | 泪 | lèi | n | tears | |
| 7 | 雷达 | léi dá | n,nr,nz | radar (loanword) | |
| 8 | 泪水 | lèi shuǐ | n | teardrop; tears | |
| 9 | 累积 | lěi jī | v,vn | to accumulate | |
| 10 | 类别 | lèi bié | n | classification; category | |
| 11 | 累计 | lěi jì | v | to calculate the running total; cumulative; total; in total | |
| 12 | 雷同 | léi tóng | v,vn | mirroring others; identical |
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