Li
See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"
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Li
See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"
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Etymology 1 edit
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- (Chinese name): Lee
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Li
- A surname from Chinese
Translations edit
Li: the Chinese surname (李)
Etymology 2 edit
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Li
- A surname from Chinese
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Etymology 3 edit
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Li
- A surname from Chinese
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Li
- A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
- [1995 October, “Qishan Fort: Zhuge's Commanding Camp”, in China Tourism[1], number 183, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:
- The West Hanshui River flows through the flatland of Qishan Township east of Lixian County, Gansu Province. […]
Zhuge launched his first northern expedition. He arrived at Qishan Mountain in Lixian County, where he set up his headquarters on the shore of the West Hanshui River.]
- 2020 September 28, Matthew Robert Bossons, “Reporter's log: Livestreaming, e-commerce play crucial role in Gansu's poverty alleviation drive”, in China Daily[2], archived from the original on 28 September 2020[3]:
- Zhang Jiacheng has lived his entire life in Longhuai village, a small settlement comprised of earthen and aged red-brick homes in Li county, in southern Gansu province's Longnan city.
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Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Li Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1728, column 2
Etymology 5 edit
Transcription of 漓 (Lí)
Proper noun edit
Li
- A river in Guangxi, China
- 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited[5], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 153:
- 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.
- 1985, Steven W. Mosher, Journey To The Forbidden China[6], Collier Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54f:
- Cormorant fishing on the Li River near Kweilin. With increasingly serious water pollution, fishing with cormorants is becoming a rare sight in China.
- 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[7], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 436–437:
- Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside.
- 2021 April 27, Echo Xie, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post[9], archived from the original on 27 April 2021, China / Politics:
- In Guilin, the second-largest city in Guangxi, Xi took a boat to inspect the ecological condition of the Li River, a popular tourist destination. The river stretches more than 400km (250 miles) through karst hills and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Li.
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Etymology 6 edit
Korean Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리
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Li
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Li is the 273rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111,786 individuals. Li is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.
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Etymology edit
Transcription of Chinese 李 (Lǐ).
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Li m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lis or (with an article) Li, feminine genitive Li, plural Lis)
- a surname from Chinese
- Wenchao Li (born 1957), philosopher, author, and editor
- 2007 August 15th, Juliane Wedemeyer, “Zwischen zwei Welten”, in Tagesspiegel PNN, Homepage:
- Vergilbte Pappkästen reihen sich darin aneinander. In ihnen liegt die Arbeit von mehr als 100 Jahren Leibniz-Forschung – die Dokumente von Wenchao Lis Vorgängern, den Leitern der Potsdamer Leibniz-Edition: „Darauf kann Deutschland stolz sein“, sagt Li.
- Yellowed cardboard boxes are lined up next to each other. They contain the work of more than 100 years of Leibniz research – the documents of Wenchao Li’s predecessors, the directors of the Potsdam Leibniz Edition: “Germany can be proud of this,” says Li.
- Wenchao Li (born 1957), philosopher, author, and editor
Declension edit
Declension of Li [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Li | (eine) | (die) | Li | (die) | Lis |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Lis, Li1 | (einer) | (der) | Li | (der) | Lis |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Li | (einer) | (der) | Li | (den) | Lis |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Li | (eine) | (die) | Li | (die) | Lis |
1With an article.
Indonesian edit
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Li
- a surname from Hakka
Etymology 2 edit
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Li
- a surname from Hakka
Tagalog edit
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Etymology edit
From Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien 李 (Lí).
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Li (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin
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- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Li is the 9,014th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,867 individuals.
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Vietnamese edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [li˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɪj˧˧]
- Homophone: li
Proper noun edit
- a female given name from Chinese