li

Significat (anglès)

1. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

Sinònims

etiquette

fifty-one

law

Korean mile

unit of length

51

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/liː/

Etimologia (anglès)

An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance.