哩

Translingual

Han character

哩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口田土 (RWG), four-corner 6601₄, composition ⿰口里)

Derived characters

𭧍, 𮡝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 629, character 3
Unihan data for U 54E9

Chinese

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simp. and trad.		哩

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ)

Etymology

The Min Nan form is borrowed from English mile.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
  - Wade–Giles: li³
  - Yale: lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
  - Yale: léih / lē / lī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ / lé¹ / li¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /liː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
  - Tâi-lô: mai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: may
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

Definitions

哩

(archaic) mile
See also: 英里

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

哩 (Wu)

Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.
儂火阿曾生哩？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬火阿曾生哩？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
From: 2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)
Did you start the fire?

Usage notes

This term is dated in several lects such as Shanghainese.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): li, lī (li⁵／li⁰, li¹)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧ, ㄌㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): le¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --li / --le / --lee / mai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: li
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: li̊
  - Wade–Giles: li⁵
  - Yale: li
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li/
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lī
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: li
  - Wade–Giles: li¹
  - Yale: lī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhi
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: le¹
  - Yale: lē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: le¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --li
  - Tâi-lô: --li
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --le
  - Tâi-lô: --le
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lee
  - Tâi-lô: --lee
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
  - Tâi-lô: mai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: may
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

Definitions

哩

(at the end of declarative sentence) Used to indicate continuation of a state or action.
Synonym: 呢
Placed after each item of a list
Synonym: 啦
(a phonetic component)
哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)

哩哩囉囉／哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō) or 哩哩羅羅／哩哩罗罗 (līliluōluō)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): -ли (-li, 0)

Mandarin
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: -ли (-li, 0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Definitions

哩

(Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

Definitions

哩

a meaningless particle (clarification of this definition is needed) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Pronunciation 6

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎi (mai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
  - Wade–Giles: mai³
  - Yale: mǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
  - Palladius: май (maj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

哩

Only used in 哩伽塔.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

哩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

mile

Readings

Go-on: り (ri)
Kan-on: り (ri)
Kun: わい (wai, 哩)、マイル (mairu, 哩)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
哩
まいる Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kun'yomi

From English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

Noun

哩(マイル) • (mairu)

mile (mi)

Korean

Hanja

哩 (eum 리 (ri))

mile

Vietnamese

Han character

哩: Hán Nôm readings: rị, ré, lí, rí

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