Li

Li

2. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for lithium.

Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)

• (Chinese name): Lee

Li

1. A surname from Chinese
   • 2024 March 18, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, “A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media followers”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Under the post, Li shared screenshots of private messages he received from followers who said they were interrogated by police.

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

From Mandarin 禮 / 礼 (Lǐ).

Li

1. A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.
   • [1995 October, “Qishan Fort: Zhuge's Commanding Camp”, in China Tourism‎^[2], 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^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1728, column 2

Transcription of 漓 (Lí)

Li

1. A river in Guangxi, China.
   • 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited‎^[4], 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^[5], 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^[6], 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^[7], 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^[8], 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.

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-

• Dy, Dee, Lee

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈli/ [ˈl̪i]

Li (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

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.

Borrowed from Hokkien 李 (Lí) and Hakka 李 (Lí)

• Lie (chiefly 1901–1947, 1947–1972)
• Lee

Li

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien
2. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka

Borrowed from Hakka 呂 / 吕 (Lî)

Li

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka

• Dy, Dee, Lee

Borrowed from Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system and the Wade-Giles system. See also Hokkien 李 (Lí).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈli/ [ˈlɪ]
• 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): [li˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɪj˧˧]
• Homophone: li

Li

1. a female given name from Chinese