里
lǐ
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
Li (surname); neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
field (田) + earth (土) = a plot of settled land, a neighborhood, a li
A li was originally the distance encompassing a settlement: fields (田) worked by families living on the same soil (土). The unit of measure grew from the idea of a bounded, inhabited patch of land.
Words with 里
哈里发国
hā lǐ fā guó
caliphate
叶里温
yè lǐ wēn
Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
这里
zhè lǐ
variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]
运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
道拉吉里峰
dào lā jí lǐ fēng
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
道里
dào lǐ
see 道裡區|道里区[Dao4 li3 Qu1]
道里区
dào lǐ qū
Daoli, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
达乌里寒鸦
dá wū lǐ hán yā
(bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
远隔千里
yuǎn gé qiān lǐ
thousands of miles away
里巷
lǐ xiàng
lane
邋里邋遢
lā li lā ta
messy
那里
nà li
there; that place