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 9222 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

峇里島 baa1 lei5 dou2 = Bali island

故里 gu3 lei5 gu4 li3 = hometown; native place

不遠千里 bat1 jyun5 cin1 lei5 bu4 yuan3 qian1 li3 = make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance 國

華里 waa4 lei5 hua2 li3 = Chinese mile

英里 jing1 lei5 yung1 li3 = English mile

大鄉里 daai6 hoeng1 lei5 = rustic; uncouth; countrified

弗里敦 fat1 lei5 deon1 fu2 li3 dun1 = Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)

千里光 cin1 lei5 gwong1 = Senecio scandens (ragwort)

荷里活 ho4 lei5 wut6 = Hollywood 粵

千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present

千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重 cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, mat6 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present

百里香 baak3 lei5 hoeng1 = thyme

行百里半九十 haang4 baak3 lei5 bun3 gau2 sap6 = the going is toughest toward the end of a journey

里程表 lei5 cing4 biu2*1 = an odometer

尤克里里琴 jau4 hak1 lei5 lei5 kam4 you2 ke4 li3 li3 qin2 = ukelele

里程碑 lei5 cing4 bei1 li3 cheng2 bei1 = a milestone

羅里車 lo4*3 li1 ce1 = lorry 粵

里數 lei5 sou3 li3 shu4 = airmiles

大鄉里出城 daai6 hoeng1 lei5 ceot1 seng4*2 da4 xiang1 li3 chu1 cheng2 = a person who comes from countryside and seems stupid

醜事傳千里 cau2 si6 cyun4 cin1 lei5 chou3 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3 = scandalous news spreads a thousand miles; the news of shameful affairs spreads fast

茂里 mau6 lei5 mao4 li3 = a dope; a moron; an idiot; a dork; a dunce 粵

左鄰右里 zo2 leon4 jau6 lei5 = next door neighbours 粵

街坊街里 gaai1 fong1 gaai1 lei5 jie1 fang1 jie1 li3 = neighbours 粵

一日千里 jat1 jat6 cin1 lei5 yi1 ri4 qian1 li3 = rapid progress, one day a thousand li of distance

馬德里 maa5 dak1 lei5 = Madrid

貝里斯 bui3 lei5 si1 bei4 li3 si1 = Belize

毛里裘斯 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 mao2 li3 qiu2 si1 = Mauritius

索馬里 sok3 maa5 lei5 suo3 ma3 li3 = Somalia

千里走單騎 cin1 lei5 zau2 daan1 ke4 qian1 li3 zou3 dan1 qi2 = to embark alone on a long and treacherous journey

斯里蘭卡 si1 lei5 laan4 kaa1 si1 li3 lan2 ka3 = Sri Lanka

蘇里南 sou1 lei5 naam4 su1 li3 nan2 = Suriname

厄立特里亞 ak1 laap6 dak6 lei5 aa3 e4 li4 te4 li3 ya4 = Eritrea

利比里亞 lei6 bei2 lei5 aa3 li4 bi3 li3 ya4 = Liberia

毛里求斯 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 mao2 li3 qiu2 si1 = Mauritius

毛里塔尼亞 mou4 lei5 taap3 nei4 aa3 mao2 li3 ta3 ni2 ya4 = Mauritania

克里姆林宮 hak1 lei5 mou5 lam4 gung1 = Kremlin

佛羅里達 fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6 fo2 luo2 li3 da2 = Florida

佛羅里達州 fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6 zau1 = Florida

布里斯本 bou3 lei5 si1 bun2 = Brisbane

馬里蘭州 maa5 lei5 laan4 zau1 ma3 li3 lan2 zhou1 = Maryland, USA

馬里蘭 maa5 lei5 laan4 ma3 li3 lan2 = Maryland, USA

亞得里亞海 aa3 dak1 lei5 aa3 hoi2 ya3/4 de2 li3 ya3/4 hai3 (Taiwan/PRC) = Adriatic sea

新德里 san1 dak1 lei5 xin1 de2 li3 = New Delhi

基里巴斯共和國 gei1 lei5 baa1 si1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 ji1 li3 ba1 si1 gong4 he2 guo2 = Republic of Kiribati

基里巴斯 gei1 lei5 baa1 si1 ji1 li3 ba1 si1 = Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)

居里 geoi1 lei5 ju1 li3 = curie (Ci)

西西里 sai1 sai1 lei5 xi1 xi1 li3 = Sicily; Sicilia

阿里山鄉 aa3 lei5 saan1 hoeng1 a1 li3 shan1 xiang1 = Alishan (village in Taiwan)

八里鄉 baat3 lei5 hoeng1 ba1 li3 xiang1 = Pali (village in Taiwan)

大里 daai6 lei5 da4 li3 = Tali (city in Taiwan)

富里鄉 fu3 lei5 hoeng1 fu4 li3 xiang1 = Fuli (village in Taiwan)

后里鄉 hau6 lei5 hoeng1 hou4 li3 xiang1 = Houli (village in Taiwan)

里港鄉 lei5 gong2 hoeng1 li3 gang3 xiang1 = Likang (village in Taiwan)

太麻里鄉 taai3 maa4 lei5 hoeng1 tai4 ma2 li3 xiang1 = Taimali (village in Taiwan)

斯里蘭卡航空 si1 lei5 laan4 kaa1 hong4 hung1 = Sri Lankan Airlines

毛里裘斯航空 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 hong4 hung1 = Air Mauritius

德里 dak1 lei5 = Delhi

里爾 lei5 ji5 li3 er3 = Lille

馬得里 maa5 dak1 lei5 = Madrid

阿里巴巴 aa3 lei5 baa1 baa1 a3 li3 ba1 ba1 = Ali Baba, Alibaba

喬戈里峰 kiu4 gwo1 lei5 fung1 qiao2 ge1 li3 feng1 = K2, Qogir Feng, or Godwin-Austen (the second highest mountain peak in the world)

弗里斯蘭 fat1 lei5 si1 laan4 fu2 li3 si1 lan2 = Friesland

密蘇里州 mat6 sou1 lei5 zau1 mi4 su1 li3 zhou1 = Missouri

塔里木 taap3 lei5 muk6 ta3 li3 mu4 = the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang

千里迢迢 cin1 lei5 tiu4 tiu4 qian1 li3 tiao2 tiao2 = a far distance; from afar

鵬程萬里 paang4 cing4 maan6 lei5 peng2 cheng2 wan4 li3 = a roc's flight of ten thousand li; a bright future

讀萬卷書不如行萬里路 duk6 maan6 gyun2 syu1 bat1 jyu4 haang4 maan6 lei5 lou6 du2 wan4 juan4 shu1 bu4 ru2 xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 = it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books

歇斯底里 hit3 si1 dai2 lei5 xie1 si1 di3 li3 = hysteria

米蘇里 mai5 sou1 lei5 mi3 su1 li3 = Missouri

拳王阿里 kyun4 wong4 aa3 lei5 quan2 wang2 a3 li3 = Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay

馬里亞納海溝 maa5 lei5 aa3 naap6 hoi2 kau1 ma3 li3 ya4 na4 hai3 gou1 = the Mariana Trench (the Marianas Trench)

克里米亞自治共和國 hak1 lei5 mai5 aa3 zi6 zi6 gung6 wo4 gwok3 ke4 li3 mi3 ya4 zi4 zhi4 gong4 he2 guo2 = Autonomous Republic of Crimea

克里米亞 hak1 lei5 mai5 aa3 ke4 li3 mi3 ya4 = Crimea

里比多 lei5 bei2 do1 li3 bi3 duo1 = libido

千里眼 cin1 lei5 ngaan5 qian1 li3 yan3 = far sight god

俄里 ngo4 lei5 e2 li3 = verst

哈里發 haa1 lei5 faat3 ha1 li3 fa1 = Caliph

聖哲瑪里琪第一式 sing3 zit3 maa5 lei5 kei4 dai6 jat1 sik1 = [yoga] Marichyasana II, Sage Marichi's Pose II

埔里鎮 bou3 lei5 zan3 bu4 li3 zhen4 = Puli (town in Taiwan)

佳里鎮 gaai1 lei5 zan3 jia1 li3 zhen4 = Chiali (town in Taiwan)

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