lì
Traditional: 隸
隶 (lì) is a Chinese word meaning “(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)”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate
- 2(bound form) to be subordinate to
- 3(bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
Related words
奴隶slave隶属to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of奴隶制slavery奴隶主slave owner奴隶制度slavery奴隶社会slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)隶variant of 隸|隶[li4]改隶(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)隶书clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)隶圉servants; underlings直隶Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei隶体see 隸書|隶书[li4 shu1]