unit of distance; village; lane

DEFINITIONS

里 lǐ
  • variant of 裡|里[li3]
  • lining
  • interior
  • inside
  • internal
  • also written 裏|里[li3]
  • Li (surname)
  • li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  • neighborhood
  • ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  • (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

STROKES

WORDS

西西岛 xī xī lǐ dǎo Sicily
氏 lǐ shì Richter (scale)
程表 lǐ chéng biǎo odometer
巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights; Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
斯班 bù lǐ sī bān Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions; when the fox preaches, look to the geese
长城 wàn lǐ cháng chéng the Great Wall
xiāng lǐ one's home town or village
维埃拉 lǐ wéi āi lā riviera (loanword)
米亚 kè lǐ mǐ yà Crimea
咕噜 jī li gū lū see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]
晴空万 qíng kōng wàn lǐ a clear and boundless sky
眼 qiān lǐ yǎn clairvoyance
厄立特亚 è lì tè lǐ yà Eritrea
土气 tǔ lǐ tǔ qì unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth
平方公 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer
希 fú lǐ dé lǐ xī Friedrich (name)
挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred; cream of the crop
圣帕特克 shèng pà tè lǐ kè Saint Patrick
南 sū lǐ nán Suriname
不远千 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
亚得亚海 yà dé lǐ yà hǎi Adriatic Sea
特 kè lǐ tè Crete
古怪 gǔ lǐ gǔ guài quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
jiù lǐ inside story