Li

Li

1. (chemistry) lithium.

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Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)

• (Chinese name): Lee

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

Transcription of 黎 (Lí)

• Lai (via Cantonese)
• Le (via Vietnamese)

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

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Li County, Gansu

From Mandarin 禮／礼 (Lǐ).

Li

1. A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
   • , 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.]

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Li Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1728, column 2

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Li River

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Li River

Transcription of 漓 (Lí)

Li

1. A river in Guangxi, China
   • 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited‎, 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, 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, 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.

   • 2011, Andrew Forbes, China‎, APA Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:

     Days 3-5: Guilin and Yangshuo.
     Marvel at the extraordinary scenery lining the banks of the serene Li River.

   • 2021 April 27, Echo Xie, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post‎, 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.

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From Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).

• Lee, Rhee, Ri, I, Yi, Rey, Rhie

Li

1. A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Li is the 273^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111,786 individuals. Li is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.

• I'l, IL, il-

Transcription of Chinese 李 (Lǐ).

• IPA^(key): /liː/

Li m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lis or (with an article) Li, feminine genitive Li, plural Lis)

1. a surname from Chinese
   1. 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.

• Lie

From Hakka 李 (lǐ).

Li

1. a surname from Hakka

From Hakka 呂／吕 (lǚ).

Li

1. a surname from Hakka

• Dy, Dee, Lee

Borrowed from Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien 李 (Lí).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈli/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Li

Li (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Li is the 9,014^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,867 individuals.

• Huang
• Wu
• Wang
• Liu

• Ly

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):
• Homophone: li

Li

1. a female given name from Chinese