name
Meaning 1
A surname from Chinese
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
li
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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lē
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/liː/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iː
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CMU ARPABET: L IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.
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name
Meaning 3
A river in Guangxi, China.
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name
Meaning 4
A county of Changde, Hunan, China.
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name
Meaning 5
A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee
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noun
Meaning 6
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
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Synonyms: Chinese mile, tricent
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noun
Meaning 7
The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
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Synonyms: Korean mile
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noun
Meaning 8
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
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noun
Meaning 9
A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
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Usage: Chinese
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
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noun
Meaning 11
In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: A-sharp, B-flat, ta, te
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noun
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of love interest.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
being one more than fifty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fifty-one, 51
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noun
Meaning 14
Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
noun
Meaning 15
a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lithium, atomic number 3
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Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)
Transcription of 黎 (Lí)
Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)
From Mandarin 禮 /礼 (Lǐ).
Transcription of 漓 (Lí)
Transcription of 澧 (Lǐ)
From Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).
An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance.
From Mandarin 市厘 (lí).
From Mandarin 鬲 (lì).
Altered from la, with the vowel changed to signify a raised note.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 李 (lei5) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Chinese Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Japanese: 李 (Ri) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Korean: 이 (I) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Korean: 리 (Ri) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Manchu: ᠯᡳᡳ (lii) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Russian: Ли (Li) — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Vietnamese: Lý — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Zhuang: Lij — Li: the Chinese surname (李)
- Chinese Cantonese: 黎 (lai4) — Li: the Chinese surname (黎)
- Chinese Mandarin: 黎 (Lí) — Li: the Chinese surname (黎)
- Chinese Cantonese: 理 (lei5) — Li: the Chinese surname (理)
- Chinese Mandarin: 理 (Lǐ) — Li: the Chinese surname (理)
- Chinese Mandarin: 禮 /礼 (Lǐ) — county
- Chinese Mandarin: 漓 (Lí) — river
- Chinese Mandarin: 澧 (Lǐ) — county
- Chinese Mandarin: 里 (lǐ) — Chinese unit of distance
- Chinese Mandarin: 市里 (shìlǐ) — Chinese unit of distance
- Dutch: li — Chinese unit of distance
- French: li — Chinese unit of distance
- Japanese: 里 (ri) — Chinese unit of distance
- Korean: 리 (ri) — Chinese unit of distance
- Russian: ли (li) — Chinese unit of distance
- Swedish: li — Chinese unit of distance
- Thai: ลี้ (líi) — Chinese unit of distance
- Vietnamese: lí — Chinese unit of distance