累

lèi/lěi/léi

tired; weary

Traditional 纍

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 HSK 2.0 · Level 2 adjectiveverbadjective / noun

Meaning

lèi as in 劳累 lei4

tired
weary
to strain
to wear out
to work hard

lěi as in 积累 lei3

to accumulate
to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])
continuous
repeated

léi lei2

rope
to bind together
to twist around

Léi lei2

surname Lei

Example sentences

wǒ我jīntiān今天lèi累，suǒyǐ所以wǒ我shuì睡dé得zǎo早。

I was tired today so I went to bed early.
tā他lèi累le了，dànshì但是tā他jìxù继续gōngzuò工作。

He was tired, but he kept working.
wǒ我hěn很lèi累，wǒ我xiǎng想wǒ我yào要qù去shuìjiào睡觉le了。

I'm tired; I think I'm going to go to bed.
wǒ我tài太lèi累le了，zuò做bù不liǎo了gōngkè功课。

I'm too sleepy to do my homework.

HSK words with 累

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