"li" meaning in English

See li in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /liː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-li.wav Forms: lis [plural], li [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|cmn|里|tr=lǐ}} Mandarin 里 (lǐ), {{der|en|ko|리}} Korean 리 (ri) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|li}} li (plural lis or li)
  1. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). Synonyms: Chinese mile Translations (Chinese unit of distance): (lǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 市里 (shìlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), li (Dutch), li [masculine] (French), (ri) (alt: ) (Japanese), (ri) (alt: ) (Korean), ли (li) [masculine] (Russian), li [common-gender] (Swedish), ลี้ (líi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-9FF8jVSF Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 9 8 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Chinese unit of distance': 64 36
  2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. Synonyms: Korean mile Synonyms (Korea): ri
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-Mw0ksuvO Categories (other): Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Korea': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /liː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-li.wav Forms: li [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Mandarin 市厘 (lí). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|市厘|tr=lí}} Mandarin 市厘 (lí) Head templates: {{en-noun|li}} li (plural li)
  1. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-3TboFm-i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /liː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-li.wav Forms: li [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Mandarin 禮/礼 (lǐ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|禮|tr=lǐ}} Mandarin 禮/礼 (lǐ) Head templates: {{en-noun|li}} li (plural li)
  1. (Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour. Tags: Chinese Categories (topical): Chinese philosophy
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-IU81tFu3 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /liː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-li.wav Forms: li [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Mandarin 鬲 (lì). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|鬲|tr=lì}} Mandarin 鬲 (lì) Head templates: {{en-noun|li}} li (plural li)
  1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-rzvsNtRW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 9 8 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /liː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-li.wav
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Altered from la, with the vowel changed to signify a raised note. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} li (uncountable)
  1. (music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: A-sharp, B-flat, ta, te
    Sense id: en-li-en-noun-~pKh~k94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 9 8 25 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "In 1979, while we were conducting our archaeological work in Yucheng and Quwo, Shanxi province, I noticed another historical record in the Kuodizhi (a comprehensive account of geography written in 641), which stated that \"the ancient city of Tang was 20 li west of Yuchengxian in Jiangzhou.\"",
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          "text": "The two gods who accompany Matsu, one with eyes that can see 1000 li⁶ and the other with ears that can hear far over the horizon, represent empathy, observation, and feeling. Government should be like Matsu, equipped with acute powers of observation; see clearly to the bottom of issues, and know how to respond.",
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          "ref": "1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections), volume 78, number 7, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 129:",
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          "text": "In 1979, while we were conducting our archaeological work in Yucheng and Quwo, Shanxi province, I noticed another historical record in the Kuodizhi (a comprehensive account of geography written in 641), which stated that \"the ancient city of Tang was 20 li west of Yuchengxian in Jiangzhou.\"",
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          "text": "The two gods who accompany Matsu, one with eyes that can see 1000 li⁶ and the other with ears that can hear far over the horizon, represent empathy, observation, and feeling. Government should be like Matsu, equipped with acute powers of observation; see clearly to the bottom of issues, and know how to respond.",
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          "text": "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.",
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}

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