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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
里 lǐ	里 \| 里* \| *里	lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏｜里	裡 HSK 1


里 lǐ	里 \| 里* \| *里	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮｜镇 and neighborhood 鄰｜邻 levels	HSK 1


里 lǐ	里 \| 里* \| *里	variant of 裡｜里	裏 HSK 1


离 lí	离 \| 离* \| *离	to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire / ☲	離 HSK 2


力 lì	力 \| 力* \| *力	power / force / strength / ability / strenuously	HSK 3


立 lì	立 \| 立* \| *立	to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately	HSK 5


梨 lí	梨 \| 梨* \| *梨	pear / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


礼 lǐ	礼 \| 礼* \| *礼	gift / rite / ceremony / CL: 份 / propriety / etiquette / courtesy	禮 HSK 5


理 lǐ	理 \| 理* \| *理	texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up	HSK 6


利 lì	利 \| 利* \| *利	sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit	HSK 6


粒 lì	粒 \| 粒* \| *粒	grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)	HSK 7-9


里 Lǐ	里 \| 里* \| *里	Li (surname)


千里 qiānlǐ	千里 \| 千里* \| *千里	a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance


李 Lǐ	李 \| 李* \| *李	surname Li


李 lǐ	李 \| 李* \| *李	plum


力 Lì	力 \| 力* \| *力	surname Li


利 Lì	利 \| 利* \| *利	surname Li


立 Lì	立 \| 立* \| *立	surname Li


哩 lǐ	哩 \| 哩* \| *哩	mile


哩 li	哩 \| 哩* \| *哩	(modal final particle similar to 呢 or 啦)


丽 Lí	丽 \| 丽* \| *丽	Korea	麗


丽 lì	丽 \| 丽* \| *丽	beautiful	麗


理县 Lǐ Xiàn	理县 \| 理县* \| *理县	Li County (Tibetan: li rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州｜阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan	理縣


鲤 lǐ	鲤 \| 鲤* \| *鲤	carp	鯉


舍 shè	舍 \| 舍* \| *舍	(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里


琼中 Qióngzhōng	琼中 \| 琼中* \| *琼中	Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan	瓊中


黎 Lí	黎 \| 黎* \| *黎	Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩


黎 lí	黎 \| 黎* \| *黎	(literary) black / dark / many / multitude


历 lì	历 \| 历* \| *历	calendar	曆


历 lì	历 \| 历* \| *历	to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history	歷


锂 lǐ	锂 \| 锂* \| *锂	lithium (chemistry)	鋰


离 Lí	离 \| 离* \| *离	surname Li	離


万里 Wàn Lǐ	万里 \| 万里* \| *万里	Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician	萬里


万里 wànlǐ	万里 \| 万里* \| *万里	far away / thousands of miles; 10,000 li	萬里


狸 lí	狸 \| 狸* \| *狸	raccoon dog / fox-like animal


厘 Lí	厘 \| 厘* \| *厘	Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農｜神农 Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀	釐


厘 lí	厘 \| 厘* \| *厘	one hundredth / centi-	釐


郦 Lì	郦 \| 郦* \| *郦	surname Li / ancient place name	酈


荔 lì	荔 \| 荔* \| *荔	litchi


篱 lí	篱 \| 篱* \| *篱	a fence	籬


砾 lì	砾 \| 砾* \| *砾	(bound form) gravel; small stone	礫


范蠡 Fàn Lǐ	范蠡 \| 范蠡* \| *范蠡	Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist


漓江 Líjiāng	漓江 \| 漓江* \| *漓江	River Li, Guangxi	灕江


莉 lì	莉 \| 莉* \| *莉	used in 茉莉 / used in the transliteration of female names


礼 Lǐ	礼 \| 礼* \| *礼	surname Li / abbr. for 禮記｜礼记, Classic of Rites	禮


俪 lì	俪 \| 俪* \| *俪	husband and wife	儷


丁基 Dīng Jī	丁基 \| 丁基* \| *丁基	Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution


漓 lí	漓 \| 漓* \| *漓	pattering (of rain) / seep through


漓 Lí	漓 \| 漓* \| *漓	name of a river	灕


漓 lí	漓 \| 漓* \| *漓	to seep through	灕


沥 lì	沥 \| 沥* \| *沥	to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle	瀝


砺 lì	砺 \| 砺* \| *砺	grind / sandstone	礪


俐 lì	俐 \| 俐* \| *俐	used in 伶俐


历 lì	历 \| 历* \| *历	old variant of 曆｜历 / old variant of 歷｜历	厤


历 lì	历 \| 历* \| *历	old variant of 歷｜历	歴


细雨 xìyǔ	细雨 \| 细雨* \| *细雨	fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱｜李商隐	細雨


蠡县 Lǐxiàn	蠡县 \| 蠡县* \| *蠡县	Li county in Baoding 保定, Hebei	蠡縣


藜 lí	藜 \| 藜* \| *藜	name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album


黎族 Lízú	黎族 \| 黎族* \| *黎族	Li ethnic group


蠡 lí	蠡 \| 蠡* \| *蠡	calabash


蠡 lǐ	蠡 \| 蠡* \| *蠡	wood-boring insect


璃 lí	璃 \| 璃* \| *璃	colored glaze / glass


澧 Lǐ	澧 \| 澧* \| *澧	Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / surname Li


狸 lí	狸 \| 狸* \| *狸	variant of 狸	貍


哀 Āi	哀 \| 哀* \| *哀	Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農｜神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 釐｜厘


澧县 Lǐxiàn	澧县 \| 澧县* \| *澧县	Li county in Changde 常德, Hunan	澧縣


隶 lì	隶 \| 隶* \| *隶	(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)	隸


厉 Lì	厉 \| 厉* \| *厉	surname Li	厲


厉 lì	厉 \| 厉* \| *厉	strict / severe	厲


理塘 Lǐtáng	理塘 \| 理塘* \| *理塘	Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


唳 lì	唳 \| 唳* \| *唳	cry of a crane or wild goose


栎 lì	栎 \| 栎* \| *栎	oak / Quercus serrata	櫟


退避三舍 tuìbì - sānshè	退避三舍 \| 退避三舍* \| *退避三舍	lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid


痢 lì	痢 \| 痢* \| *痢	dysentery


骊山 Líshān	骊山 \| 骊山* \| *骊山	Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor	驪山


蔾 lí	蔾 \| 蔾* \| *蔾	chenopodiaceae


溧 lì	溧 \| 溧* \| *溧	name of a river


莅 Lì	莅 \| 莅* \| *莅	river in Hebei	涖


莅 lì	莅 \| 莅* \| *莅	to attend (an official function) / to be present / to administer / to approach (esp. as administrator)	蒞


厘 lí	厘 \| 厘* \| *厘	variant of 釐｜厘


华里 huálǐ	华里 \| 华里* \| *华里	li (Chinese unit of distance)	華里


蛎 lì	蛎 \| 蛎* \| *蛎	oyster	蠣


励 Lì	励 \| 励* \| *励	surname Li	勵


励 lì	励 \| 励* \| *励	to encourage / to urge	勵


喱 lí	喱 \| 喱* \| *喱	grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3]


栗 lì	栗 \| 栗* \| *栗	(literary) cold; chilly / (bound form) to tremble with fear	慄


栗 Lì	栗 \| 栗* \| *栗	surname Li


栗 lì	栗 \| 栗* \| *栗	chestnut


保亭 Bǎotíng	保亭 \| 保亭* \| *保亭	Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan


褵 lí	褵 \| 褵* \| *褵	bride's veil or kerchief


吏 lì	吏 \| 吏* \| *吏	minor government official or functionary (old)


悝 lǐ	悝 \| 悝* \| *悝	worried / afflicted


笠 lì	笠 \| 笠* \| *笠	bamboo rain hat


缡 lí	缡 \| 缡* \| *缡	bridal veil or kerchief	縭


鹂 lí	鹂 \| 鹂* \| *鹂	Chinese oriole	鸝


俚 Lǐ	俚 \| 俚* \| *俚	old name for the 黎 ethnic group


俚 lǐ	俚 \| 俚* \| *俚	rustic / vulgar / unrefined / abbr. for 俚語｜俚语, slang


戻 lì	戻 \| 戻* \| *戻	Japanese variant of 戾


诗仙 shīxiān	诗仙 \| 诗仙* \| *诗仙	"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白	詩仙


不远千里 bùyuǎnqiānlǐ	不远千里 \| 不远千里* \| *不远千里	make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance	不遠千里

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