léi

technical
archaic

Meaning of

罍 means ancient wine vessel; large bronze or pottery jar used to hold wine in rituals. Pronounced léi.

  • ancient wine vessel; large bronze or pottery jar used to hold wine in rituals

Character Info

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Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

guǎn
zhǎn
chū
de
jiàn
qīng
tóng
léi
shì
Shāng
dài
de
wén
 

The bronze lei vessel on display in the museum is a cultural relic from the Shang dynasty.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
zài
zhè
xué
zhōng
xiàn
le
sān
bǎo
cún
wán
hǎo
de
táo
léi
 

Archaeologists discovered three well-preserved pottery lei vessels in this tomb.

dài
de
léi
jǐn
yòng
chéng
jiǔ
 
shì
zhòng
yào
de
 

Ancient lei vessels were not only used for holding wine but were also important ritual vessels.

Measure Words

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