累
lèiléilěi HSK1

tired

累 lèi frequency
tired adjective
feeling tired or weary

爬了一整天的山，我现在觉得很累。

pá le yī zhěng​tiān de shān, wǒ xiàn​zài jué​de hěn lèi.

After climbing mountains all day, I feel very tired now.

to strain verb
to wear out or exhaust by overwork

你要注意休息，别把自己累坏了。

nǐ yào zhù​yì xiū​xi, bié bǎ zì​jǐ lèi huài le.

You should take a rest and not overwork yourself.

to work hard descriptive
to work hard or toil

他为了这门生意，整天累死累活地奔忙。

tā wèi​le zhè mén shēng​yi, zhěng​tiān lèi​sǐ​lèi​huó de bēn​máng.

He busies himself all day for this business, working himself to the bone.

累 (纍) léi
bind verb
to tie or bind together with rope

这种古老的手法可以将几根木棍累在一起进行固定。

zhè zhǒng gǔ​lǎo de shǒu​fǎ kě​yǐ jiāng jǐ gēn mù​gùn léi zài​yī​qǐ jìn​xíng gù​dìng.

This ancient technique allows several wooden sticks to be stacked together and secured.

entwine verb
to wind or twist around something

碧绿的藤蔓累在墙头的铁丝网上，长得很茂盛。

bì​lǜ de téng​màn léi zài qiáng​tóu de tiě​sī​wǎng shàng, zhǎng de hěn mào​shèng.

The emerald green vines are draped over the wire mesh on the wall, growing very lushly.

rope descriptive
a rope, cord, or string

老师在课上提到，累字在古语中也有绳索的意思。

lǎo​shī zài kè shàng tí​dào, léi zì zài gǔ​yǔ zhōng yě yǒu shéng​suǒ de yì​si.

The teacher mentioned in class that in ancient Chinese, the character 'lei' also meant 'rope'.

累 lěi
implicate verb
to involve or implicate someone in a difficult situation

这件事千万不要累及他人。

zhè jiàn shì qiān​wàn bù​yào lěi jí tā​rén.

Do not let this matter involve or burden others.

repeated verb
continuous or occurring many times in succession

他累教不改，令人十分头疼。

tā lěi jiāo bù gǎi, lìng rén shí​fēn tóu​téng.

He refuses to change despite repeated warnings, which is a real headache.

accumulate punctuation
to accumulate or pile up

学习知识需要日积月累。

xué​xí zhī​shi xū​yào rì​jī​yuè​lěi.

Acquiring knowledge requires long-term accumulation.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,323rd most common 93.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,226th most common 68.5 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
70.8 per million appears in 24% of films
Written text
111.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
纍
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7D2F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)