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哩

lǐ

Character

What 哩 means

1. mile

Other readings

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

• li(modal final particle similar to {呢|ne} or {啦|la})

Example sentences

• 昨天吃了咖哩。
  Zuótiān chī le kāli.
  I ate curry yesterday.
• 咖哩非常好吃。
  The curry was very delicious.
• 汤姆喜欢辣咖哩。
  Tom likes hot curry.
• 我们昨晚吃了咖哩饭。
  Wǒmen zuówǎn chī le kāli fàn.
  We ate curry rice last night.
• 这家饭馆的咖哩挺好。
  Zhè jiā fànguǎn de kāli tǐnghǎo.
  The curry at this restaurant is good.
• 汤姆在这以东三哩的地方住。
  Tāngmǔ zài zhè yǐdōng sān lǐ de dìfang zhù.
  Tom lives three miles east of here.

Words starting with 哩

• 哩哩啦啦lī lī lā lāscattered; intermittent; sporadic
• 哩哩啰啰lī li luō luōverbose or unclear in speech; rambling and indistinct
• 哩哩罗罗lī lī luō luōendless mumbling (onom.); verbose and incomprehensible; talking endlessly
• 哩溜歪斜lī liū wāi xiécrooked; deformed; twisted

Words containing 哩

• 加哩jiā lǐ(loanword) curry
• 咖哩kā lǐ(Taiwan; loanword) curry; colloquial pr. gā lǐ or gā lí
• 机哩瓜拉jī lī guā lā(Taiwan) see 叽哩咕噜
• 叽哩咕噜jī li gū lū(onomatopoeia) to jabber; to rumble
• 哔哩哔哩Bī lī bī līBilibili, Chinese video-sharing website featuring scrolled user comments 弹幕
• 英哩yīng lǐvariant of 英里
• 稀哩哗啦xī li huā lāvariant of 稀里哗啦
• 批哩啪啦pī li pā lāvariant of 噼里啪啦
• 劈哩啪啦pī li pā lāvariant of 噼里啪啦
• 唏哩哗啦xī li huā lāvariant of 稀里哗啦
• 啫哩zhě lívariant of 啫喱

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
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 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 哩

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

• 陛bìthe steps to the throne
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 哺bǔto feed
• 咽yànto swallow
• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 唠láoused in 唠叨

Sounds the same

Read lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 里lining; interior; inside
• 理texture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 礼gift; rite; ceremony
• 李plum
• 娌used in 妯娌
• 俚rustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 澧Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖; surname Li
• 锂lithium (chemistry)
• 鲤carp
• 豊ceremonial vessel; variant of 礼
• 醴sweet wine
• 浬nautical mile