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Definitions: Li |
LiAdjective1. Being one more than fifty. Noun1. A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals. 2. Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Li" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a strength", "a plum", "black". |
Date "li" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Computing | Li |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LI | Danish | Fyrstendømmet Liechtenstein | Geography |
LI | Dutch | Vorstendom Liechtenstein | Geography |
LI | English | Louping ill | N/A |
LI | Finnish | Liechtensteinin ruhtinaskunta | Geography |
LI | French | Principauté de Liechtenstein | Geography, Law |
LI | German | Fürstentum Liechtenstein | Geography, Law |
LI | Greek | Λιχτενστάιν | Geography |
LI | Italian | Principato di Liechtenstein | Geography, Law |
LI | Portuguese | Listenstaine | Geography |
LI | Spanish | Principado de Liechtenstein | Geography |
LI | Swedish | Furstendömet Liechtenstein | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LiSynonyms: fifty-one (adj), atomic number 3 (n), lithium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Li |
| English words defined with "li": Li bella ♦ To hide the face from. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "li": Dislang ♦ Haricot Mutton ♦ Ice Saints ♦ -li ♦ li dat, Lisptalk ♦ Penitential Psalms ♦ trioctahedral. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Li" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (flax, pox, small pox, smallpox, variola), Catalan (to you, you), Croatian (whether), Esperanto (he, him), Haitian Creole (it, that), Italian (at, at that place, over there, them, there, yon, yonder), Norwegian (hikside, hillside), Romanian (them), Wolof (what). |
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Screenplays | E, jebem li mu oca lopovskog (Maratonci trce pocasni krug; writing credit: Dusan Kovacevic) Why don't I go to Ms. Li and expose this grade-changing arrangement? (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) I think I would rather ride a hundred miles in a car with Li Showron than attempt the three sixty. (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch) Nafal li ha'internet al harosh (The internet fell on my head) (Burganim, Ha-; writing credit: Silvia Cardenas) | |
Lyrics | Li da di da di da li (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber) GIve it all up for a little li li life (We Live; performing artist: Bosson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ding tian li di (1973) Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro (1973) Koreyim Li Shmil (1973) Pi li quan (1972) A kuca zvoni li zvoni (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Shown are two separate head-shots of Roy Hertz (l), and Min Chiu Li (r).Credit: unknown photographer. | Min Chiu Li worked with Roy Hertz and treated choriocarcinoma with large doses of methotrexate. Li left NCI for NYC.Credit: Unknown photographer. | ||
Dr. Li and Dr. Shaffer are conducting polio research in Montgomery, Alabama during a 1953 study.Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Chaetodon fremblii Bennett. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate LI.Credit: Fisheries. | |
![]() | Pterois volitans (Linnaeus). In: "The Fishes of Samoa", by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 455, Plate LI.Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Pl. LI. 187. Gigliolia Moseleyi, Goode and Bean. From Gunther, Challenger Report XXII. 188. Polyacanthonotus Rissoanus, (De Filippi and Verany), Gunther. From Vaillant, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman." 189. MacDonaldia rostrata, (Collett), Goode and Bean. At N. Lat. 39.8, W. Lon. 70.5, in 963 fatho ms. 190. Lipogenys Gillii. At N. Lat. 37.8, W. Lon. 73.9, in 865 fathoms.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | "Oceanic Ichthyology...." descriptions to Plates XLVII to LI, Figures 173-190.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | The tangles. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate LI, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Lazzaretto di S. Pancratio primo Lazzaretto che serui per li Brutti. / Inventati e date in Luce da Gio: Giacomo De Rossi in Roma.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | SIDA oumenm tou, ou kapab pran li se veye zo w'!.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Zhu Rongji was selected to replace Li as Premier. (references) | |
Premier Li Peng was constitutionally required to step down from that post. (references) | ||
Li and Guo had already spent more than 3 years in jail without sentencing. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | Li also has been detained on other occasions and reported that in some instances he was beaten. (references) |
China | In June police detained Li Hongmin in Hunan province for distributing copies of the Tiananmen Papers over the Internet. (references) | |
China | That edition carried a short article about the influence of National People's Congress Chairman Li Peng's wife and son in the power generation sector of the PRC economy. (references) | |
Economic History | North Korea | Li Hyong Chul--Ambassador to the UN. (references) |
China | High-level exchanges continued to be a significant means for developing U.S.-China relations in the 1980s. President Reagan and Premier Zhao Ziyang made reciprocal visits in 1984. In July 1985, President Li Xiannian traveled to the United States, the first such visit by a Chinese head of state. (references) | |
China | Hu Yaobang, a protégé of Deng and a leading advocate of reform, was blamed for the protests and forced to resign as CCP General Secretary in January 1987. Premier Zhao Ziyang was made General Secretary and Li Peng, former Vice Premier and Minister of Electric Power and Water Conservancy, was made Premier. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | Li had served 11 years in prison for his role in presiding over the Shaoyang Workers Autonomous Federation, a Tiananmen-era free trade union. (references) |
China | Six other persons were detained in the incident, including Li's sister, who was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp for helping Li publicize his demands. (references) | |
China | After being released from prison in June, 2000, Li Wangyang was rearrested on subversion charges in May, and sentenced to 10 years in prison in September for "incitement to subvert state power" after demanding the authorities pay for back, heart, and lung ailments he contracted while in prison. (references) | |
Political Economy | China | Also in July, authorities arrested Hong Kong businessman Li Guangqiang and charged him with smuggling for bringing Bibles into the country. (references) |
China | The March 1998 session of the NPC also approved Zhu Rongji's appointment as Premier and former Premier Li Peng's as Chairman of the NPC's Standing Committee. (references) | |
China | At year's end several thousand political prisoners--including Bishop An Shuxin, Cai Guihua, Han Chunsheng, Li Bifeng, Liu Jingsheng, Qin Yongmin, Shen Liangqing, Zha Jianguo, Wang Youcai, Xu Guoxing, Fang Jue, Xu Wenli, Zhang Lin, Zhang Shanguang, Zhao Changqing, Abbot Chadrel Rinpoche, Jigme Sangpo, and Ngawang Sangdrol (see Tibet addendum)--remained imprisoned or under other forms of detention for the peaceful expression of their political, social, or religious views. (references) | |
Trade | India | The LI indicates Ex-Im's willingness to consider a financing offer if a sale is completed. (references) |
India | A LI can be issued within seven days of a request for financing and remains in effect for six months. (references) | |
South Africa | The LI will be issued within seven business days and indicates Eximbank's willingness to finance a potential sale. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Li was charged with "incitement to subversion of state power," an apparent reference to his attempt to publicize prison conditions through a hunger strike. (references) |
China | Li Wangyang, who had been released from prison in June 2000 after serving 11 years for organizing an independent union during the 1989 prodemocracy movement, was rearrested during the year and sentenced to 10 years. (references) | |
China | The list of labor activists reported as still being held also included Zhang Shanguang, Li Jiaqing, labor lawyer Xu Jian, Miao Jinhong, Ni Xiafei, Li Keyou, Liao Shihua, Yue Tianxiang, Guo Xinmin, He Zhaohui, and Liu Jingsheng. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Li" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 57.75% of the time. "Li" is used about 1,128 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 57.75% | 651 | 10,046 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.47% | 265 | 18,112 |
| Unclassified Items | 18.42% | 208 | 21,075 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.35% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,128 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "li" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Li | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,746 |
| Li | Last name | 6,000 | 2,084 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Li & Fung Limited | Taiwan | Li Peng Enterprise |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "li": Lesser Kan Li ♦ Li bella. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "li": li-an, Li-cheng-i, Li-fa, Li-fraumeni, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, li-lo. | |
Ending with "li": Gre-no-li, Wen-li. | |
Containing "li": Tsung-li Yamen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jet li | 1,317 | chun li nude | 62 |
chun li | 556 | li po | 61 |
li | 533 | chun li pic | 60 |
address address bar if in li page typed | 441 | chun li picture | 57 |
fox jasmine li | 402 | jasmine li | 47 |
li ion | 281 | allergy bladder bowels cancer de detoxification energy far fir,therapy infrared kidney li liver lung pouch shu skin skin tox toxins vinegar wood | 47 |
li lian | 275 | jet li picture | 47 |
lena li | 226 | chun fighter li street | 42 |
chun li hentai | 215 | lian li case | 40 |
lama li | 209 | li open | 39 |
gong li | 206 | chun gallery li | 39 |
lo li ta | 205 | li l abner | 38 |
lo li ta.com | 102 | 12 li lo old ta year | 36 |
li sakura | 100 | li wedding | 35 |
hero jet li | 97 | sung hi li | 35 |
duck li | 90 | jet li one | 34 |
kim l li | 87 | jet li wallpaper | 33 |
kim li | 67 | li yundi | 33 |
li ion battery | 64 | fox jasmine li nude | 32 |
jet li movie | 63 | li fung | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "li"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | " (lithium). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | syndrome Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | sindrome di Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 리튬 (lithium). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilay síndrome de Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anagkhn de eicen apoluein autoiV kata eorthn ena |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Necesse autem habebat dimittere eis per diem festum unum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Niede he sceolde him li forgyfan-l anne to hyra freolsdæge. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But he moste nede delyuer to hem oon bi the feest dai. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For of necessite he must have let one lowse vnto them at that feast. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | (For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | [] |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa matag-fiesta, kinahanglan nga iyang pagabuhian ngadto kanila ang usa ka binilanggo. |
| Chinese | " 每 逢 這 節 期 巡 ' 必 釋 " 一 個 囚 犯 給 他 們 〕 |
| Croatian | # |
| Dutch | En hij moest hun op het feest een loslaten. |
| French | A chaque fête, il était obligé de leur relâcher un prisonnier. |
| Haitian Creole | Pou chak fèt Delivrans, Pilat te blije lage yon prizonye ba yo. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena pada hari raya itu wajiblah Pilatus melepaskan seorang terpenjara bagi mereka itu. |
| Italian | . |
| Maori | Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia tukua atu tetahi ki a ratou i te hakari. |
| Norwegian | Men på høitiden måtte han gi dem én fri. |
| Portuguese | [E era-lhe necessário soltar-lhes um pela festa.] |
| Rumanian | La fiecare praznic al Pawtelor, Pilat trebuia sq le slobozeascq un kntemniyat. |
| Shuar | Túraitiat tuke Túrutai asamtai, Jísat jeakui sepunmaya Chikichík aishmankan Piratu ankant akupkatin ámiayi. Tuma asamtai, nii chichaak "juna Asutián awematjai" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Pues tenía necesidad de soltarles uno en cada fiesta. |
| Swahili | missing |
| Swedish | + |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "li": liabilities, liability, liable, liaise, liaised, liaises, liaising, liaison, liaisons, liana, lianas, liane, lianes, liang, liangs, lianoid, liar, liard, liards, liars, lib, libation, libationary, libations, libber, libbers, libecchio, libecchios, libeccio, libeccios, libel, libelant, libelants, libeled, libelee, libelees, libeler, libelers, libeling, libelist, libelists, libellant, libellants, libelled, libellee, libellees, libeller, libellers, libelling, libellous, libelous. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "li": acervuli, aioli, alkali, altocumuli, alveoli, annuli, apiculi, argali, aspergilli, bacilli, biali, broccoli, brocoli, calculi, calyculi, campanili, canaliculi, cannoli, caroli, celli, cembali, chili, chilli, cirrocumuli, convolvuli, cumuli, dactyli, deli, douroucouli, duelli, emboli, famuli, fasciculi, flocculi, fumuli, funiculi, fusilli, ghibli, gingeli, gingelli, gingili, gingilli, gladioli, glomeruli, hamuli, hili, homunculi, intagli, interstimuli, lactobacilli, lapilli. (additional references) | |
Words containing "li": aalii, aaliis, abelia, abelian, abelias, abilities, ability, ablings, ablins, abnormalities, abnormality, abolish, abolishable, abolished, abolisher, abolishers, abolishes, abolishing, abolishment, abolishments, abolition, abolitionary, abolitionism, abolitionisms, abolitionist, abolitionists, abolitions, aboulia, aboulias, aboulic, abseiling, absorbabilities, absorbability, abulia, abulias, abulic, acauline, acceptabilities, acceptability, accessibilities, accessibility, acclimate, acclimated, acclimates, acclimating, acclimation, acclimations, acclimatise, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatising. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "li" (pronounced lē") |
| 2 | l ē" | Allee, Chablis, enrollee, flea, flee, glee, jubilee, Lea, Lee, Nestle, parolee, plea. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l" | |
+1 letter: ail, fil, ilk, ill, lei, lib, lid, lie, lin, lip, lis, lit, mil, nil, oil, til. | |
+2 letters: ails, alif, alit, anil, aril, axil, bail, bile, bilk, bill, birl, blin, blip, boil, ceil, clip, clit, coil, deil, deli, dial, diel, dill, diol, dirl, elhi, evil, fail, fila, file, fill, film, filo, fils, flic, flip, flit, foil, gild, gill, gilt, girl, glia, glib, glim, hail, heil, hila, hili, hill, hilt, idle, idly, idol, idyl, iglu, ilea, ilex, ilia, ilka, ilks, ills, illy, inly, isle, jail, jill, jilt, kail, kill, kiln, kilo, kilt, laic, laid, lain, lair, lari, lati, leis, liar, libs, lice, lich, lick, lido, lids, lied, lief, lien, lier, lies, lieu, life, lift, like, lilt, lily, lima, limb, lime, limn, limo, limp, limy, line, ling, link, linn, lino, lins, lint, liny, lion, lipa, lipe, lips, lira, lire, liri, lisp, list, lite, lits, litu, live, loci, loin, loti, lwei, mail, mild, mile, milk, mill, milo, mils, milt, moil, nail, nill, nils, noil, oils, oily, olio, pail, pial, pile, pili, pill, pily, plie, puli, rail, rial, riel, rile, rill, roil, sail, sial, sild, silk, sill, silo, silt, slid, slim, slip, slit, soil, soli, syli, tail, tali, tile, till, tils, tilt, tirl, toil, vail, veil, vial, vile, vill, viol, virl, wail, wild, wile, will, wilt, wily, yill, zill. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4675 |
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