俐

lì

used in 伶俐[ling2 li4]

person (亻) + sharp sound (利) = quick and clever

利 lends the sound lì; the person radical grounds the character in a human quality. 俐 appears only in 伶俐, describing someone quick-witted and nimble.

亻+利→俐

亻A personSemantic

利SharpPhonetic

这个孩子说话很伶俐，大家都喜欢她。

zhè ge hái zi shuō huà hěn líng lì, dà jiā dōu xǐ huān tā.

This child speaks very cleverly; everyone likes her.

她从小就很伶俐，什么事都学得很快。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù hěn líng lì, shén me shì dōu xué de hěn kuài.

She has been sharp and quick-witted since childhood, picking up everything very fast.

麻俐

má li

variant of 麻利[ma2 li5]

伶俐

líng lì

clever; witty; intelligent

伶牙俐齿

líng yá lì chǐ

clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent

俐落

lì luo

variant of 利落[li4 luo5]

口齿伶俐

kǒu chǐ líng lì

eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence

巩俐

gǒng lì

Gong Li (1965–), Chinese actress

玛俐欧

mǎ lì ōu

also transcribed variously as 馬里奧|马里奥[Ma3 li3 ao4], 馬力歐|马力欧[Ma3 li4 ou1] etc

聪明伶俐

cōng ming líng lì

(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted