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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


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


梨 lí	梨 \| 梨* \| *梨	pear / CL: 個｜个	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)


利 Lì	利 \| 利* \| *利	surname Li


立 Lì	立 \| 立* \| *立	surname Li


李豫 Lǐ Yù	李豫 \| 李豫* \| *李豫	Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 (727-779), reigned 762-779


丽 Lí	丽 \| 丽* \| *丽	Korea	麗


丽 lì	丽 \| 丽* \| *丽	beautiful	麗


力 Lì	力 \| 力* \| *力	surname Li


李哲 Lǐ Zhé	李哲 \| 李哲* \| *李哲	Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 (656-710), reigned 705-710


平安里 Píng'ānlǐ	平安里 \| 平安里* \| *平安里	Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)


李贺 Lǐ Hè	李贺 \| 李贺* \| *李贺	Li He (790-816), Tang poet	李賀


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


离 Lí	离 \| 离* \| *离	surname Li	離


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


李岚清 Lǐ Lánqīng	李岚清 \| 李岚清* \| *李岚清	Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician	李嵐清


鬁 lì	鬁 \| 鬁* \| *鬁	bald / scabby


李 Lǐ	李 \| 李* \| *李	surname Li


李 lǐ	李 \| 李* \| *李	plum


李缨 Lǐ Yīng	李缨 \| 李缨* \| *李缨	Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director	李纓


李朝威 Lǐ Cháowēi	李朝威 \| 李朝威* \| *李朝威	Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇｜传奇, author of 柳毅傳｜柳毅传


氏 shì	氏 \| 氏* \| *氏	(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures


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


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


太平御览 Tàipíng Yùlǎn	太平御览 \| 太平御览* \| *太平御览	Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉, 1000 scrolls	太平御覽


荔 lì	荔 \| 荔* \| *荔	litchi


凓 lì	凓 \| 凓* \| *凓	cold / frigid


轹 lì	轹 \| 轹* \| *轹	to bully / wheel-rut	轢


李适 Lǐ Kuò	李适 \| 李适* \| *李适	Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗, (742-805), reigned 779-805


㮚 lì	㮚 \| 㮚* \| *㮚	old variant of 栗


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


苈 lì	苈 \| 苈* \| *苈	Drabanemerosa hebecarpa	藶


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


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


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


例 lì	例 \| 例* \| *例	example / precedent / rule / case / instance


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


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


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


李大钊 Lǐ Dàzhāo	李大钊 \| 李大钊* \| *李大钊	Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party	李大釗


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


蠡县 Lǐ Xiàn	蠡县 \| 蠡县* \| *蠡县	Li County or Lixian, a county in Baoding City 保定市, Hebei	蠡縣


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


唐睿宗 Táng Ruìzōng	唐睿宗 \| 唐睿宗* \| *唐睿宗	Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712


李晔 Lǐ Yè	李晔 \| 李晔* \| *李晔	Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 (867-904), reigned 888-904	李曄


蠡 lí	蠡 \| 蠡* \| *蠡	calabash


蠡 lǐ	蠡 \| 蠡* \| *蠡	wood-boring insect


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


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


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


唐代宗 Táng Dàizōng	唐代宗 \| 唐代宗* \| *唐代宗	Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫, reigned 762-779


鲤 lǐ	鲤 \| 鲤* \| *鲤	carp	鯉


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


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


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


篱 lí	篱 \| 篱* \| *篱	a fence	籬


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


痢 lì	痢 \| 痢* \| *痢	dysentery


唐高宗 Táng Gāozōng	唐高宗 \| 唐高宗* \| *唐高宗	Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治 (628-683), reigned 649-683


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


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


蓠 lí	蓠 \| 蓠* \| *蓠	red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb	蘺


蛎 lì	蛎 \| 蛎* \| *蛎	oyster	蠣


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


礼县 Lǐ Xiàn	礼县 \| 礼县* \| *礼县	Li County or Lixian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市｜陇南市, Gansu	禮縣

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