隶
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
lì li4
- (bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate
- (bound form) to be subordinate to
- (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
Example sentences
HSK words with 隶
More words with 隶
- 隶书 lìshū clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
- 改隶 gǎilì (of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
- 隶属 lìshǔ to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
- 隶圉 lìyǔ servants; underlings
- 奴隶主 núlìzhǔ slave owner
- 奴隶制 núlìzhì slavery
- 奴隶制度 núlìzhìdù slavery
- 奴隶社会 núlìshèhuì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
- 直隶 Zhílì Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei