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Word entry · 2 letters

li

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"Chinese unit of distance"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /liː/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ilStarts with LEnds with I6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being one more than fifty

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • It was a whole day's journey from I-ch'eng to Chü-wo which, in turn, is about 60 li east of Chiang Chou — one of the most important cities in southern Shansi and a center for curio-dealers.
  • Under the post, Li shared screenshots of private messages he received from followers who said they were interrogated by police.
  • After breakfast the next day, Ho Li-chih came to invite Yang Shu-tien and me to the Li River for a boat trip to another county, Yang-shuo.

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Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Chinese unit of distance2 letters
02Chinese distance measure2 letters
03Chinese distance unit2 letters
04Old Chinese distance unit2 letters
05Traditional Chinese mile2 letters
06half kilometre2 letters

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