Chinese symbol for “coupled”
俪
lì
Traditional: 儷
(bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coupled is 俪 (lì), defined as: (bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 俪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伉俪 (伉儷) | kàng lì | (literary) husband and wife; married couple |
| 骈俪 (駢儷) | pián lì | parallel (sentences); parallel prose |
| 伉俪情深 (伉儷情深) | kàng lì qíng shēn | married couple very much in love; deep conjugal love |
| 俪影 (儷影) | lì yǐng | photo of a (married) couple |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.