哩

哩

哩 U+54E9, 哩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54E9 ← 哨 [U+54E8] CJK Unified Ideographs 哪 → [U+54EA]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 190, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
• Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 629, character 3
• Unihan data for U+54E9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		哩

Etymology

(Min Nan) Borrowed from English mile.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵, le¹, li¹
• Min Nan (POJ): mai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: lih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵, le¹, li¹
    • Yale: léih, lē, lī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵, le¹, li¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵, lé¹, li¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /liː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
    • Tâi-lô: mai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãɪ⁴⁴/

Definitions

哩

1. (obsolete) mile

   ⇒ 英里

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): li (li⁵)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): le¹
• Min Nan (POJ): --li / --le / --lee / mai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: li
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: lih⁵
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .lhi
    • IPA ^(key): /li/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: le¹
    • Yale: lē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: le¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lé¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɛː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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): /mãɪ⁴⁴/

Definitions

哩

1. (at the end of declarative sentence) indicate continuation of a state or action

   Synonyms: 呢 (ne)

2. placed after each item of a list

   Synonyms: 啦 (la)

3. (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 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

Definitions

哩

1. a meaningless particle

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎi (mai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
    • IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

哩

1. Only used in 哩伽塔.

Compounds

伊哩烏蘆／伊哩乌芦 公古哩 加哩 (jiālǐ) 咖哩 (kālǐ) 咿哩呱喇 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā) 哩哩囉囉／哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō)

哩嗹／哩𪡏 哩嗹囉嗹／哩𪡏啰𪡏 哩嗹花兒／哩𪡏花儿 哩嚕／哩噜 哩囉／哩啰 唏哩花啦 唱哩嗹／唱哩𪡏

喇喇哩哩 嘁哩喀喳 嘰哩呱啦／叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā) 嘰哩咕嚕／叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū) 囉哩囉嗦／啰哩啰嗦 (luōliluōsuō) 打哩 瑪哩花／玛哩花

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Japanese

Kanji

哩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. mile

Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri)
• Kun: わい (wai), マイル (mairu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
哩
まいる Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

Noun

哩 (katakana マイル, rōmaji mairu)

1. mile (mi)

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Korean

Hanja

哩 • (ri) (hangeul 리, revised ri, McCune–Reischauer ri)

1. mile

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Vietnamese

Han character

哩 (ré, lí, rí)

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