俚 (lǐ) — (bound form) vulgar, unrefined, local (as in 俚语, 俚俗)
Definition
Bound morpheme: never used alone, only in compounds like 俚语 (slang) and 俚俗 (vulgar). It means informal, colloquial, often coarse.
bound form
vulgarunrefinedlocal (as in 俚语, 俚俗)
Examples
- ，。Zhè ge cí shì lǐ yǔ, zhèng shì chǎng hé bú yào yòng.This word is slang; don't use it on formal occasions.
- 俚，。Tā shuō de xiào hua hěn lǐ sú, dà jiā dōu bù xǐ huan.The jokes he told were very vulgar, and nobody liked them.
- 。Zhè xiē lǐ yǔ zhī zài nián qīng rén zhōng jiān liú xíng.These slang expressions only circulate among young people.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
俚 is made from 亻, a person, and 里, which gives the sound.
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