Li

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Li

  1. (chemistry) lithium.

English

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Etymology 1

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  • (Chinese name): Lee

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Li

  1. A surname from Chinese
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Etymology 2

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  • Lai (via Cantonese)
  • Le (via Vietnamese)

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Li

  1. A surname from Chinese
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Li

  1. A surname from Chinese
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Etymology 4

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From Mandarin ().

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Li

  1. A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
    • [1995 October, “Qishan Fort: Zhuge's Commanding Camp”, in China Tourism[1], number 183, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:
      The West Hanshui River flows through the flatland of Qishan Township east of Lixian County, Gansu Province. []
      Zhuge launched his first northern expedition. He arrived at Qishan Mountain in Lixian County, where he set up his headquarters on the shore of the West Hanshui River.
      ]
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Etymology 5

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Li

  1. A river in Guangxi, China
    • 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited[3], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 153:
      After breakfast the next day, Ho Li-chih came to invite Yang Shu-tien and me to the Li River for a boat trip to another county, Yang-shuo.
    • 1985, Steven W. Mosher, Journey To The Forbidden China[4], Collier Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54f:
      Cormorant fishing on the Li River near Kweilin. With increasingly serious water pollution, fishing with cormorants is becoming a rare sight in China.
    • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[5], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 436–437:
      Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside.
    • 2011, Andrew Forbes, China[6], APA Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:
      Days 3-5: Guilin and Yangshuo.
      Marvel at the extraordinary scenery lining the banks of the serene Li River.
    • 2021 April 27, Echo Xie, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post[7], archived from the original on 27 April 2021, China / Politics:
      In Guilin, the second-largest city in Guangxi, Xi took a boat to inspect the ecological condition of the Li River, a popular tourist destination. The river stretches more than 400km (250 miles) through karst hills and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Li.
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Etymology 6

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From Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).

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Li

  1. A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Li is the 273rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111,786 individuals. Li is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.

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Transcription of Chinese ().

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Li m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lis or (with an article) Li, feminine genitive Li, plural Lis)

  1. a surname from Chinese
    1. Wenchao Li (born 1957), philosopher, author, and editor
      • 2007 August 15th, Juliane Wedemeyer, “Zwischen zwei Welten”, in Tagesspiegel PNN, Homepage:
        Vergilbte Pappkästen reihen sich darin aneinander. In ihnen liegt die Arbeit von mehr als 100 Jahren Leibniz-Forschung – die Dokumente von Wenchao Lis Vorgängern, den Leitern der Potsdamer Leibniz-Edition: „Darauf kann Deutschland stolz sein“, sagt Li.
        Yellowed cardboard boxes are lined up next to each other. They contain the work of more than 100 years of Leibniz research – the documents of Wenchao Li’s predecessors, the directors of the Potsdam Leibniz Edition: “Germany can be proud of this,” says Li.

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Indonesian

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From Hakka ().

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Li

  1. a surname from Hakka

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From Hakka ().

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Li

  1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

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Borrowed from Mandarin (), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien ().

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Li (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Li is the 9,014th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,867 individuals.

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Vietnamese

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Li

  1. a female given name from Chinese