noun
pl. a Chinese unit of linear measure, equal to about one third of a mile (.52 kilometer)
Origin of li
Chinese
noun
Li is defined as a unit of measurement in China that is equal to about a third of a mile, or about 547 yards or 500 meters.
An example of a li is just a bit less than the distance around a high school track.
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Li
lithium
LI
Long Island
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li
noun
pl. liA traditional Chinese measure of distance, today standardized at 500 meters (1,640 feet).
Origin of li
Mandarin l&icaron; from Middle Chinese li´Li
The symbol for lithium
LI
abbreviation
Long Island
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The symbol for lithium
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Origin
From Mandarin 里 (lÇ).
Noun
(plural li)
- A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Abbreviations
- The ccTLD for Liechtenstein as assigned by the IANA.
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Origin
. + ISO 3166-1 country code for Liechtenstein, li.
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Sentence Examples
- The road from Ta-li Fu N.
- Li., a prophecy (as most now agree) of postexilic origin.
- _rq g G u/ f of Chih.li Niu-chwang, and strikes southward to Kin-chow at the extremity of the Liao-tung peninsula.
- Group I.: the alkali metals Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and also Ag, monovalent; Cu, monovalent and divalent; Au, monovalent and trivalent.
- K, Na, Cs, Rb, Li; Tl, Ag.
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