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li

Pronunciation: /li/

“li” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. li (Chinese unit of distance)

pronoun

  1. him

In French

  1. Unité de mesure de distance chinoise qui a beaucoup varié selon les régions et les époques. La valeur fixée par le gouvernement nationaliste chinois en 1915 est de 1 800 pieds chinois (environ 576 mètres). Peut désigner aujourd’hui une distance de 500 mètres.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 里 (lǐ).

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