Standard Lemma guide

Lisu

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • /ˈliːˌsuː/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lisu people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a Loloish language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Loloish

History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù), 𤠫𤢂, etc.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: လီဆူ (lihcu) — of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傈僳 (Lìsù) — of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
  • Marathi: लिसू (lisū) — of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
  • Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (múu sóe) — of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
  • Burmese: လီဆူဘာသာစကား (lihcubhasaca.ka:) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傈僳語 /傈僳语 (Lìsùyǔ) — language
  • Lisu: ꓡꓲꓺ-ꓢꓴꓺ (li̱-su̱) — language
  • Marathi: लिसू (lisū) — language
  • Xibe: ᠯᡞᠰᡠ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (lisu gisun) — language
  • Burmese: လီဆူ (lihcu) — member of ethnic group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傈僳 (Lìsù) — member of ethnic group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傈僳族 (Lìsùzú) — member of ethnic group
  • Marathi: लिसू (lisū) — member of ethnic group
  • Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (múu sóe) — member of ethnic group
  • Xibe: ᠯᡞᠰᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (lisu uksura) — member of ethnic group