里 (lei5 | li3) : lane; neighbourhood

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里

lei5

li3

[1] lane; alley
[2] neighbourhood; native place
[3] li, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m

里, being a traditional character on its own, is also the simplified form of 裏. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: (#166)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

里

Don't confuse with:
皇徨惶遑星

This word has been viewed 10779 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Oct 2015 11:12

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希拉里 hei1 laai1 lei5 xi1 la1 li3 = Hillary Rodham Clinton

公里 gung1 lei5 gong1 li3 = kilometre

鄰里 leon4 lei5 lin2 li3 = neighbourhood

萬里長城 maan6 lei5 coeng4 sing4 wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2 = The Great Wall of China

卡路里 kaa1 lou6 lei5 ka3 lu4 li3 = calorie

峇里 baa1 lei5 = Bali

馬里 maa5 lei5 ma3 li3 = Mali

平方公里 ping4 fong1 gung1 lei5 ping2 fang1 gong1 li3 = square kilometre

平方英里 ping4 fong1 jing1 lei5 ping2 fang1 ying1 li3 = square mile

鄉里 hoeng1 lei5 xiang1 li3 = village neighbourhood; one's native district
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Decimal representation of this word: 里
Unicode code for this character: U+91cc (off-site link)

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