哩

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

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

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

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• 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

1. (archaic) mile

   See also: 英里

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

哩 (Wu)

1. 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

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• 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

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

   Synonym: 呢

2. Placed after each item of a list

   Synonym: 啦

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 4

• Mandarin

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: -ли (-li, 0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Definitions

哩

1. (Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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• 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

1. 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

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• 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

1. Only used in 哩伽塔.

Compounds

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

 

Japanese

Kanji

哩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. 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) 

1. mile (mi)

Korean

Hanja

哩 (eum 리 (ri))

1. mile

Vietnamese

Han character

哩: Hán Nôm readings: rị, ré, lí, rí

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