li

Meanings

1. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

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

1. A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.

1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

1. In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).

1. Abbreviation of love interest.

1. A surname from Chinese

1. A surname from Chinese

1. A surname from Chinese

1. A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.

1. A river in Guangxi, China.

1. A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee

Etymology

An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance.