里 (lei5) — li, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m in Cantonese
leiˏ₅里
Mandarin Pinyin: li3
Meaning of 里
nounli, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m
nounneighbourhood; native place
nounlane; alley
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Example Sentences with 里
請問，附近哪裡有藥房呀？
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?
你務必要按時到達那裡。
You must be there on time.
哪裡，我的漢語不太好。
No, my Chinese isn't that good.
我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了
We have so much nice food in the house.
我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。 喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together
Words Containing 里
哈里發haa1 lei5 faat3
Caliph, head of state in Caliphate
荷里活ho4 lei5 wut6
Hollywood: the movie kingdom [Syn.] 菏里活 , 荷李活 [華]: 好萊塢
卡路里kaa1 lou6 lei5
calorie [unit of food energy] - things counted by neurotic weight-conscious people. [Syn./abbreviation]: 卡
馬里maa5 lei5
Mali
千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6
the meaning is more important than the value of the present
平方英里ping4 fong1 jing1 lei5
square mile | Abbreviation: mi²; sq. mi. | Also: 平方哩; 平方英哩 | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 54,700
街坊街里gaai1 fong1 gaai1 lei5
neighbours
俄里ngo4 lei5
verst, a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometres
三元里saam1 jyun4 lei5
Sanyuanli-A place in Guangzhou, China
千里眼cin1 lei5 ngaan5
far sight god (can see things 1000 miles away)
大鄉里出城daai6 hoeng1 lei5 ceot1 seng2
a person who comes from countryside and seems stupid [also] 大鄉里出省城
里程表lei5 cing4 biu1
an odometer
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