垒

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rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 厽 sound

Components 厽土

baseball base · Heisig RSH #1907

elbow + 土 soil

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
木垒哈萨克自治县	Mù lěi Hā sà kè Zì zhì xiàn	Mori Kazakh Autonomous County, in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui…
再见全垒打	zài jiàn quán lěi dǎ	walk-off home run
木垒县	Mù lěi Xiàn	see 木壘哈薩克自治縣\|木垒哈萨克自治县[Mu4 lei3 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
本垒打	běn lěi dǎ	home run (baseball)
壁垒一新	bì lěi yī xīn	to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
全垒打	quán lěi dǎ	home run (baseball)
干打垒	gān dǎ lěi	rammed earth; adobe house
堆垒数论	duī lěi shù lùn	additive number theory (math.)
跑垒员	pǎo lěi yuán	runner (in baseball)
关税壁垒	guān shuì bì lěi	tariff wall
堡垒机	bǎo lěi jī	(computing) bastion host; jump server
燕子衔泥垒大窝	yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō	the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mi…
本垒	běn lěi	(baseball) home base; home plate
木垒	Mù lěi	see 木壘哈薩克自治縣\|木垒哈萨克自治县[Mu4 lei3 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
垒球	lěi qiú	softball
对垒	duì lěi	to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
垒包	lěi bāo	(baseball) base
满垒	mǎn lěi	(baseball) bases loaded
贸易壁垒	mào yì bì lěi	trade barrier
壁垒森严	bì lěi sēn yán	closely guarded; strongly fortified; sharply divided