Meaning
to arrange; to line up; row; file; series
Chinese: 排列、行列或列举。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lie” becomes a different word in each tone. 列 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 系列xì lièseries; set
- 列车liè chē(railway) train
- 列入liè rùto include on a list
- 排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math.) permutation
- 列为liè wéito be classified as
Example Sentence
同学们排成一列。Tóng xué men pái chéng yí liè.The students lined up in a row.
同学Tóng xuéto study at the same schoo们men(plural marker)排páito arrange in order成chéngshort name for Chengdu 成都一yíone列lièto arrange。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
歹 (bones) plus 刂 (knife): originally to cut apart and lay out. It means ‘to arrange, line up, list, set out; a row, line, file, series; the measure word for trains/rows; various, each’ (列车, 排列, 一系列).
A way to remember it
‘To line up / a row / a series’: 排列, 列车, 一系列.