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粒 lì

measure word for grains; grain

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
米
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 米立 ⿰米立

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  1. 桌上掉了几粒米饭。
    Zhuō shàng diàole jǐ lì mǐfàn.
    A few grains of rice fell on the table.
    table on fall-(particle) several (measure) rice
  2. 这个瓶子里装了多少粒药？
    Zhège píngzi lǐ zhuāngle duōshǎo lì yào?
    How many pills are in this bottle?
    this (measure) bottle inside hold-(particle) how-many (measure) medicine (question)
  3. 请每天吃一粒维生素。
    Qǐng měitiān chī yī lì wéishēngsù.
    Please take one vitamin pill every day.
    please every-day eat one (measure) vitamin
  4. 碗里一粒米都没剩下。
    Wǎn lǐ yī lì mǐ dōu méi shèngxià.
    Not a single grain of rice was left in the bowl.
    bowl inside one (measure) rice all not-have remain
  5. 在田野里，农民们弯腰捡拾着散落的麦粒。
    Zài tiányě lǐ, nóngmínmen wānyāo jiǎnshízhe sànluò de màilì.
    In the field, the farmers bent over picking up scattered wheat grains.
    at field inside, farmers bend-waist pick-up-(particle) scattered (particle) wheat-grain

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