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

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:
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    累累
    纍纍／累累

Adjective

累累

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

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.

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