Li

Li

1. (chemistry) lithium.

Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)

• (Chinese name): Lee

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

Transcription of 黎 (Lí)

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)

Li

1. A surname from Chinese

Transcription of 禮／礼 (Lǐ)

Li

1. 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, archived from the original on 28 September 2020, retrieved 28 March 2021:

     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.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Li Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1728, column 2

Transcription of 漓 (Lí)

Li

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

   • 2011, Andrew Forbes, China‎, APA Publications, →ISBN, OCLC 701111855, OL 26008349M, page 16:

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

   • 2021 April 27, Xie, Echo, “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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Li.

Korean Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리

• 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-

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈli/, [ˈli]

Li

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

• Huang
• Wu
• Wang
• Liu

• Ly

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [li˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lɪj˧˧]
• Homophone: li

Li

1. a female given name from Chinese