Li
See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
Li
See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Chinese name): Lee
Proper nounEdit
Li
- A surname from Chinese
TranslationsEdit
Li: the Chinese surname (李)
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- A surname from Chinese
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Etymology 3Edit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- A surname from Chinese
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Etymology 4Edit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
- 2020 September 28, Matthew Robert Bossons, “Reporter's log: Livestreaming, e-commerce play crucial role in Gansu's poverty alleviation drive”, in China Daily[1]:
- 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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Etymology 5Edit
Transcription of 漓 (Lí)
Proper nounEdit
Li
- A river in Guangxi, China
- 1977, Chiang, Yee, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited[2], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, LCCN 77-22587, OCLC 473570033, 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, Mosher, Steven W., Journey To The Forbidden China[3], Collier Macmillan, →ISBN, LCCN 85-2610, OCLC 1073326498, 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[4], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, OCLC 60594427, 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, Xie, Echo, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post[6], 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.
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 6Edit
Korean Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리
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Proper nounEdit
Li
StatisticsEdit
- 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.
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- a surname from Hakka.
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- a surname from Hakka.
TagalogEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien 李 (Lí).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Li
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin.
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [li˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɪj˧˧]
- Homophone: li
Proper nounEdit
- a female given name from Chinese