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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/li�/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�|-i�

Etymology 1
From Chinese � (l�).

Noun
en-noun|li

1. A traditional Chinese unit of distance, now standardized to 500 metres.

Translations
Chinese: �
Dutch: li
French: li m

Etymology 2
From Chinese �� (lí).

Noun
en-noun|li

1. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty miligrams.

Etymology 3
From Chinese 禮 (l�).

Noun
en-noun|li

1. context|Chinese philosophy A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.

Etymology 4
From Chinese 鬲 (lì).

Noun
en-noun|li

1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

Category:English two-letter words

Albanian

Noun
li f

1. smallpox.

Bosnian

Interrogative particle
li

1. question forming interrogative particle

Category:Bosnian particles

Croatian

Interrogative particle
li

1. question forming interrogative particle

Category:Croatian particles

Dutch

Noun
li

1. li (Chinese unit of distance).

Esperanto

Personal Pronoun
li

1. he, him.

Category:Esperanto pronouns
Category:Esperanto BRO1

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /li/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /li/

Noun
li m

1. li (Chinese unit of distance).

Italian

Homophones
lì

Pronoun
li

1. them.

Related terms
gli
i#Italian|i
le#Italian|le
loro

Kurdish

Preposition
li

1. in: <br>li Kurdistanê (in Kurdistan)
2. li ser: on: <br>li ser maseyê (on the table)

Category:Kurdish language

Lojban

Cmavo
li

1. indicates that the next word is a number used as a sumti

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Mandarin

Pinyin
cmn-alt-pinyin|li|li0|li5

1. �:
2. �: a black stone like jade; jet

Pinyin syllable
li

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, lī, lí, l� or lì.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Old French
Etymology
L.|fro ille.

Pronunciation
IPA|/li/

Article
li

1. the (masculine nominative singular and plural)

Descendants
French: le

Polish

Enclitic particle
li

1. (marks the past tense when added to the end of a verb).

Romanian

Pronoun
li (''dative form of ele; form of le#Romanian|le)

1. to them

Usage notes
This word is used when le (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:
îl (the accusative of el, contracted as li-l)
îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as li-i)
le (the accusative of ele)
se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

See also
vi
ni

Serbian

Interrogative particle
li

1. question forming interrogative particle

Cyrillic spelling
ли#Serbian|ли

Category:Serbian particles

Sicilian

Definite article
li m, f pl.

1. the

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Category:Sicilian articles

af:li
br:li
es:li
eo:li
fo:li
fr:li
ko:li
io:li
ie:li
it:li
ku:li
ja:li
no:li
pl:li
pt:li
ru:li
scn:li
sl:li
fi:li
sv:li
vi:li
tr:li
vo:li
zh:li

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