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.
从这里到学校大约有两里路。
cóng zhè lǐ dào xué xiào dà yuē yǒu liǎng lǐ lù 。
From here to the school is about two li away.
古代一里大约等于现在的五百米。
gǔ dài yī lǐ dà yuē děng yú xiàn zài de wǔ bǎi mǐ 。
In ancient times, one li was approximately equal to five hundred meters today.
Words with 里
居里夫人
jū lǐ fū ren
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867–1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)
埔里
pǔ lǐ
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
夜里
yè li
during the night
奥里萨邦
ào lǐ sà bāng
Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
亚得里亚海
yà dé lǐ yà hǎi
Adriatic Sea
克里姆林宫
kè lǐ mǔ lín gōng
the Kremlin
瓦西里
wǎ xī lǐ
(name) Vasily; Vasiliy
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
to know the score (idiom)
百里挑一
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
one in a hundred
不远千里
bù yuǎn qiān lǐ
make light of traveling a thousand li
阿里巴巴
ā lǐ bā bā
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
里尔
lǐ ěr
Lille (city in France)