垃 (lā) — used in 垃圾 (garbage)
Definition
垃 only appears as part of the word 垃圾 (garbage, trash). It has no meaning on its own — don't try to use 垃 by itself.
bound form
used in 垃圾 (garbage)
Easily confused
- 拉lālook-aliketo pull, to drag, to draw
- 喇lāsound-alike(phonetic component) used in loanwords and transliterations
- 位wèilook-alike(classifier, polite) for people
- 泣qìlook-alike(bound form) to weep; to sob; tears (used in literary or formal compounds)
- 粒lìlook-alike(classifier) for small round things (pills, bullets, grains, pearls, etc.)
Examples
- 。Qǐng bǎ zhè dài lā jī rēng diào.Please throw away this bag of garbage.
- 。Wǒ men měi tiān dōu yào chǔ lǐ dà liàng de lā jī.We have to process a large amount of garbage every day.
- 。Zhè ge chéng shì de lā jī fēn lèi zuò dé hěn hǎo.This city does a good job with garbage sorting.
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