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Li has 12 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals

2

Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers

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3

The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

4

A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.

5

A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.

6

An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

7

In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).

Adjective
1

being one more than fifty

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from Chinese of Chinese origin

2

A county of Longnan, Gansu, China

3

A river in Guangxi, China

4

A surname, from Korean of Korean origin, a variant of Lee and Rhee

See Also
chinese chinese mile milligrams korean hangul korean mile hanja
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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