哩

哩	U+54E9, 哩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54E9

← 哨
[U+54E8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

哪 →
[U+54EA]

Translingual

Han character

哩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口田土 (RWG), four-corner 6601₄, composition ⿰口里)

Derived characters

𭧍, 𮡝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 629, character 3
Unihan data for U+54E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		哩

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ)

Etymology

The Min Nan form is borrowed from English mile.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
  - Wade–Giles: li³
  - Yale: lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
  - Yale: léih / lē / lī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ / lé¹ / li¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /liː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
  - Tâi-lô: mai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: may
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

Definitions

哩

(archaic) mile
See also: 英里

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lī (li¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lī
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: li
  - Wade–Giles: li¹
  - Yale: lī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhi
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/

Definitions

哩

used in 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā) and 哩哩囉囉／哩哩羅羅 (līliluōluō)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): li (li⁵／li⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): le¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): --li / --le / --lee / mai

(Teochew, Peng'im): li¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: li
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: li̊
  - Wade–Giles: li⁵
  - Yale: li
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: le¹
  - Yale: lē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: le¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --li
  - Tâi-lô: --li
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --le
  - Tâi-lô: --le
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lee
  - Tâi-lô: --lee
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
  - Tâi-lô: mai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: may
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: li
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³³/

Definitions

哩

(at the end of declarative sentence) Used to indicate continuation of a state or action.
Synonym: 呢
Used to stress a declaration.
Synonym: 呢
- 2012, 杨佳子 ["Bacon" Jiazi Yang], director, 潮汕话有用吗?‎^[1]:
  
  「汝覺得潮汕話豈有用？」「有用哩。廢話！」 [Teochew, trad.]
  「汝觉得潮汕话岂有用？」「有用哩。废话！」 [Teochew, simp.]
  le² gag⁴ dêg⁸ diê⁵ suan¹ uê⁷ ka² u⁶ êng⁷? u⁶ êng⁷ li¹. hui³ uê⁷! [Peng'im]
  A: Do you think Teo-Swa language has a use? B: Of course it does, what nonsense!
Placed after each item of a list
Synonym: 啦

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): -ли (-li, 0)

Mandarin
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: -ли (-li, 0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Definitions

哩

(Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

Pronunciation 5

Definitions

哩 (Wu)

Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.
- 2010, Qian Nairong, “從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態 [Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  
  儂火阿曾生哩？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
  侬火阿曾生哩？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
  Did you start the fire?

Usage notes

This term is dated in several lects such as Shanghainese.

Pronunciation 6

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

Definitions

哩

a meaningless particle (clarification of this definition is needed) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Pronunciation 7

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎi (mai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
  - Wade–Giles: mai³
  - Yale: mǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
  - Palladius: май (maj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

哩

only used in 哩伽塔

Compounds

伊哩烏蘆 / 伊哩乌芦
公古哩
加哩 (jiālǐ)
咖哩
咿哩呱喇
哩……哩……
哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)
哩哩囉囉 / 哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō)
唏哩花啦
哩嗹 / 哩𪡏
哩嗹囉嗹 / 哩𪡏啰𪡏
哩嗹花兒 / 哩𪡏花儿
哩嚕 / 哩噜
哩囉 / 哩啰
唱哩嗹 / 唱哩𪡏
喇喇哩哩
嘁哩喀喳
嘰哩呱啦 / 叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
嘰哩咕嚕 / 叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)
囉哩囉嗦 / 啰哩啰嗦 (luōliluōsuō)
打哩
瑪哩花 / 玛哩花

Japanese

Kanji

哩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

mile

Readings

Go-on: り (ri)
Kan-on: り (ri)
Kun: わい (wai, 哩)、マイル (mairu, 哩)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
哩
まいる Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kun'yomi

From English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

Noun

哩(マイル) • (mairu)

mile (mi)

Korean

Hanja

哩 (eum 리 (ri))

mile

Vietnamese

Han character

哩: Hán Nôm readings: rị, ré, lí, rí

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