Tired in Chinese (Mandarin): 累 (lèi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 累

• 累

  Tired. 糸 (silk) is at the bottom.

  11 strokes

Fourth tone. Are you tired? is 你累吗？ (nǐ lèi ma?). Sleepy is a different word, 困 (kùn).

More examples with 累

• 跑完步我很累。

  Pǎo wán bù wǒ hěn lèi.

  I'm tired after running.

• 妈妈累了，我们让她休息。

  媽媽累了，我們讓她休息。

  Māma lèi le, wǒmen ràng tā xiūxi.

  Mom is tired, so we let her rest.

How to write 累 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.