Definition
狸 (lí) is a character meaning 'wildcat' or 'raccoon dog', most commonly seen in the compound 狐狸 (húli, 'fox'). It rarely appears alone in modern Chinese — you'll almost always encounter it as part of animal names. This row's gloss is an opaque variant pointer; the actual usage is as a bound morpheme in animal compounds.
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(bound morpheme) wildcatraccoon dog (used in animal names like 狐狸 'fox')
Examples
- 。Húlí shì yì zhǒng hěn cōngming de dòngwù.The fox is a very clever animal.
- 。Zhè zhī húlí de máo shì hóngsè de.This fox's fur is red.
- 。Húlí zài sēnlín lǐ pǎo lái pǎo qù.The fox is running around in the forest.
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