| 擂 | [ leí ] to pound (with a mortar and pestle), to hit (a person), to beat (a drum), to bang on (a door), (dialect) to scold |
| 擂 | [ leì ] (bound form) platform for a martial art contest, Taiwan pr. [lei2] |
| 擂臺 | [ leì taí ] elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held, arena, ring |
| 擂臺賽 | [ leì taí saì ] single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated) |
| 擂茶 | [ leí chá ] "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province |
| 擂鼓鳴金 | [ leí gǔ míng jīn ] to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat, to egg people on or to call them back |
| ⇒ 吹擂 | [ chuī leí ] to talk big, to boast |
| ⇒ 大吹大擂 | [ dà chuī dà leí ] to make an exhibition of oneself, ostentation |
| ⇒ 打擂臺 | [ dǎ leì taí ] (old) to fight on the leitai, (fig.) to enter a contest |
| ⇒ 自吹自擂 | [ zì chuī zì leí ] to blow one's own trumpet (idiom) |