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LI
li, fifty-one
(adjective) being one more than fifty
li
(noun) Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
lithium, Li, atomic number
(noun) a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
li (plural lis or li)
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
Synonym: Chinese mile
The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
Synonym: Korean mile
Etymology 2
Noun
li (plural li)
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Etymology 3
Noun
li (plural li)
(Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
Etymology 4
Noun
li (plural li)
An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
Etymology 5
Symbol
li
(math) Logarithmic integral function
Etymology 6
Noun
li (uncountable)
(music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
Synonyms: A-sharp, B-flat, ta, te
Anagrams
• I'l, IL, il-
Proper noun
Li
A surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of 李 (Lǐ)
A surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)
A surname of Korean origin, a variant of Lee and Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)
A county of Gansu, China
Statistics
• 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.
Anagrams
• I'l, IL, il-
Source: Wiktionary
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