粒

粒 in English

lì noun, measure word HSK6: grain / granule / pellet / particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)

How it used to be written

Small seal script
Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

一粒米都不要浪费!

Waste not a single grain of rice!
我只剩下一粒糖了。

I only have one sweet left.
我的儿子从盒子里拿了一粒糖。

My son took a candy from the box.
空气中的微粒可以引发癌症。

Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

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