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厘

lí

HSK 5 Character Traditional 釐

What 厘 means

1. one hundredth
2. centi-

Other readings

厘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• LíLi (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors {炎帝|Yán dì} descended from Shennong
• lívariant of {厘|lí}

Example sentences

• 失之毫厘，谬之千里。
  Shī zhī háolí, miù zhī qiān lǐ.
  Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
• 12月份巴厘岛极其炎热和潮湿。
  12 yuèfèn Bālí Dǎo jíqí yánrè hé cháoshī.
  It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.
• 我的哥哥比我大两岁，但他却比我矮三厘米。
  Wǒ de gēge bǐ wǒ dà liǎng suì, dàn tā què bǐ wǒ ǎi sān límǐ.
  My brother is two years older than I, but he is three centimeters shorter.

Words starting with 厘

• 厘米lí mǐcentimeter
• 厘金lí jīna form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping…
• 厘克lí kècentigram
• 厘升lí shēngcentiliter
• 厘析lí xīto analyze in detail
• 厘清lí qīngto clarify (the facts); clarification
• 厘瓦lí wǎcentiwatt

Words containing 厘

• 公厘gōng límillimeter
• 巴厘Bā líBali (island province of Indonesia)
• 市厘shì líli (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter)
• 巴厘岛Bā lí DǎoBali (island in Indonesia)
• 无厘头wú lí tóusilly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in…
• 车厘子chē lí zi(loanword) sweet cherry
• 立方厘米lì fāng lí mǐcubic centimeter
• 毫厘不爽háo lí bù shuǎngnot to deviate an iota (idiom); to be extremely accurate
• 析毫剖厘xī háo pōu líto analyze in the finest detail
• 梳乎厘shū hū lí(Hong Kong; loanword) soufflé
• 梳芙厘shū fú lísoufflé (loanword)
• 峇厘Bā líBali (island province of Indonesia) (Singapore, Malaysia)
• 失之毫厘，谬以千里shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 失之毫厘，差之千里shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 失之毫厘，差以千里shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐa tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous…
• 差之毫厘，失之千里chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐthe slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile
• 差之毫厘，谬以千里chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐthe slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile

Characters built on 里

These share the phonetic component 里 (lǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 哩lǐmile
• 锂lǐlithium (chemistry)
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 鲤lǐcarp
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 娌lǐused in 妯娌

Characters that look like 厘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 盾dùnshield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not

Sounds the same

Read lí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 离to leave; to part from; to be away from
• 璃(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
• 梨pear
• 黎(literary) black; dark; many
• 犁plow
• 篱a fence
• 狸(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 骊black horse; jet steed; good horse
• 罹happen to; sorrow; suffer from
• 喱grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams); Taiwan pr. lǐ
• 漓pattering (of rain); seep through
• 藜name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album