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The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now…The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
» "What happened to Gloria?" "She got married three years ago and now she lives in Liège."
Meaning
6 sensesThe Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
лиli
The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
(Chinese)A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
(uncountable)In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
- Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Examples
29 sentences"What happened to Gloria?" "She got married three years ago and now she lives in Liège."
My father is Li Gang!
Мій батько - Лі Ґан! — shanghainese
She is Li Ying.
Це Лі Ін. — deniko
deSie ist Li Ying. — Vortarulo
My teacher is Mrs. Li.
deMeine Lehrerin ist Frau Li. — samueldora
Wang and Li get along well.
deWang und Li können gut miteinander. — Yorwba
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanizatAn 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 禮 /礼 (lǐ).
From Mandarin 鬲 (lì).
Altered from la, with the vowel changed to signify a raised note.
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Forms
plural: lis / liSynonyms
9 synonyms- a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals:lithiumatomic number 3
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular