累累

累累

Chinese

Etymology 1

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome
trad. (累累/纍纍*)		累/纍	累/纍
simp. (累累)		累	累

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěilěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ leoi⁵, leoi⁴ leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lěilěi [Phonetic: léilěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeileei
    • IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ leoi⁵, leoi⁴ leoi⁴
    • Yale: léuih léuih, lèuih lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ loey⁵, loey⁴ loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ lêu⁵, lêu⁴ lêu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²¹ lɵy̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 累累 纍纍／累累

Adjective

累累

1. very many; countless; innumerable

Derived terms

債務累累／债务累累 (zhàiwùlěilěi)

傷痕累累／伤痕累累

Adverb

累累

1. again and again; repeatedly

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 累累 – see 纍纍 (“weak; listless; exhausted; dejected; disappointed; etc.”). (This term, 累累, is the simplified form of 纍纍.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.