Li

  1. Proper noun.  Several (surname, from Chinese) of Chinese origin. (See: 李, 黎, 理, etc.).
  2. Proper noun.  The second most common Korean surname.
  3. Proper noun.  (surname, from Korean) , the English form of a surname very common in Korea. ((l, ko) (South Korea)/(l, ko) (North Korea, in South Korea after a vowel), (l, ko) ). The second most common Korean surname.
  4. Noun.  A traditional Chinese unit of distance, now standardized to 500 metres.
  5. Noun.  A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
  6. Noun.  (context, Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
  7. Noun.  An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

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