Meaning
(onomat.); mile; (part. for continued state)
Chinese: 语气助词，也可作英里音译。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “li” becomes a different word in each tone. 哩 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 加哩jiā lǐ(loanword) curry
- 机哩瓜拉jī lī guā lā(Taiwan) see 叽哩咕噜
- 哩哩罗罗lī lī luō luōendless mumbling (onom.); verbose and incomprehensible; talking endlessly
- 哩哩啦啦lī lī lā lāscattered; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
- 哩溜歪斜lī liū wāi xiécrooked; deformed; twisted
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Example Sentence
别着急，他还在路上呢，离这儿远着哩。Bié zháo jí, tā hái zài lù shàng ne, lí zhèr yuǎn zhe li.Do not worry; he is still on the way and quite far from here.
别biéto leave着急zháo jíto worry，他he还háistill在zàiat路上lù shangon the road呢(question particle)，离chīmythical beast这儿zhè rhere远yuǎnfar着zhāo(ongoing action)哩lǐmile。