li
see also: Li
Pronunciation Noun

li (plural lis)

  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
  2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
    Synonyms: Korean mile
Translations
  • French: li
Noun

li (plural li)

  1. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Noun

li (plural li)

  1. (Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
Noun

li (plural li)

  1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
Noun

li (uncountable)

  1. (music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
    Synonyms: A-sharp, B-flat, ta, te

Li
Proper noun
  1. Surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of 李
  2. Surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of other less common names such as 黎 and 理
  3. Surname of Korean origin, a variant of Lee and Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)
  4. A county in Gansu, China
Translations
  • Russian: Ли



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