Chinese Word: 壘 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

壘 (Simplified: 垒)

Pinyin: lěi

English Definition: rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc

Chinese Definition:
①古代军中作防守用的墙壁：堡垒。营垒。对垒。
②砌：垒墙。

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:畾 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 畾 [ léi ] fields divided by dikes
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth

Similar Characters: 墨

1		pǎo xiàng 跑向 dì yī 第一 lěi 垒！ Run to first!
2		tā 他 zài 在 dì yī 第一 lěi 垒。 He is on first base.
3		dì yī 第一 shǒu 守 lěi 垒 yuán 员 bèi 被 qiú duì 球队 kāi chú 开除 le 了。 The first baseman was dumped from the team.
4		bú yào 不要 zài 在 wǒ men 我们 zhōu wéi 周围 lěi 垒 qiáng 墙， wǒ men 我们 yào 要 bǎ 把 tā 它 chāi chú 拆除。 Instead of building walls around ourselves, we should be tearing them down.
5		nà me 那么 wǒ men 我们 xū yào 需要 lěi 垒 dié 叠 duō 多 gāo de 高的 shā bāo 沙包 fáng hóng 防洪 ne 呢？ So how high would we have to pile the sandbags?

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1		pǎo xiàng 跑向 dì yī 第一 lěi 垒！ Run to first!
2		tā 他 zài 在 dì yī 第一 lěi 垒。 He is on first base.
3		dì yī 第一 shǒu 守 lěi 垒 yuán 员 bèi 被 qiú duì 球队 kāi chú 开除 le 了。 The first baseman was dumped from the team.
4		bú yào 不要 zài 在 wǒ men 我们 zhōu wéi 周围 lěi 垒 qiáng 墙， wǒ men 我们 yào 要 bǎ 把 tā 它 chāi chú 拆除。 Instead of building walls around ourselves, we should be tearing them down.
5		nà me 那么 wǒ men 我们 xū yào 需要 lěi 垒 dié 叠 duō 多 gāo de 高的 shā bāo 沙包 fáng hóng 防洪 ne 呢？ So how high would we have to pile the sandbags?