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li¹
- /liː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance.
noun lis · li · ri
- The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). It was a whole day's journey from I-ch'eng to Chü-wo which, in turn, is about 60 li east of Chiang Chou — one of the most important cities in southern Shansi and a center for curio-dealers.
- The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. While scaling the Laoyeling Mountains, the Chinese Worker-Peasant Red Army, under the command of Mao Ze-dong and Zhu De, was successfully stepping up the historic 25 000-li Long March in China proper, breaking through the surrounding rings formed by Chiang Kai-shek’s army.
li²
- /liː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 市厘 (lí).
noun li
- A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
li³
- /liː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 禮 /礼 (lǐ).
noun li
- A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
li⁴
- /liː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 鬲 (lì).
noun li
- An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
li⁵
- /liː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Altered from la, with the vowel changed to signify a raised note.
noun
- In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
LI⁶
noun LIs
- Abbreviation of love interest.love interest
Li⁷
Where it comes from
Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)
proper noun Lee
- A surname from Chinese Under the post, Li shared screenshots of private messages he received from followers who said they were interrogated by police.
Li⁸
Where it comes from
Transcription of 黎 (Lí)
proper noun Lai · Le
- A surname from Chinese
Li⁹
Where it comes from
Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese
Li10
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 禮 /礼 (Lǐ).
proper noun
- A county of Longnan, Gansu, China. The West Hanshui River flows through the flatland of Qishan Township east of Lixian County, Gansu Province.[…] Zhuge launched his first northern expedition. He arrived at Qishan Mountain in Lixian County, where he set up his headquarters on the shore of the West Hanshui River.
Li11
Where it comes from
Transcription of 漓 (Lí)
proper noun
- A river in Guangxi, China. After breakfast the next day, Ho Li-chih came to invite Yang Shu-tien and me to the Li River for a boat trip to another county, Yang-shuo.
Li12
Where it comes from
Transcription of 澧 (Lǐ)
proper noun
- A county of Changde, Hunan, China.
Li13
Where it comes from
From Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).
proper noun Lee · Rhee · Ri · I · Yi · Rey
- A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee
