Usage of the character 里

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
neighborhood
ancient administrative unit of 25 families
(Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮／镇 (zhèn) and neighborhood 鄰／邻 (lín) levels

lǐ

里

[裏]

variant of 裡／里 (lǐ)

lǐ

里

[裡]

lining
interior
inside
internal
also written 裏／里 (lǐ)

Lǐ

里

[里]

Li (surname)

Délǐ

德里

[德里]

Delhi
New Delhi, capital of India
same as 新德里 ( Xīn Délǐ)

jiùlǐ

就里

[就裡]

inside story

xūlǐ

墟里

[墟里]

village

xuánlǐ

旋里

[旋里]

to return home

Bālǐ

巴里

[巴里]

Bari (Puglia, Italy)

zuǐlǐ

嘴里

[嘴裡]

mouth
in the mouth
on one's lips
speech
words

gùlǐ

故里

[故里]

home town; native place

lǐlòng

里弄

[里弄]

lanes and alleys
neighborhood
lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

Lǐshì

里氏

[里氏]

Richter (scale)

Lǐ Hǎi

里海

[裡海]

Caspian Sea

Lǐgǎng

里港

[里港]

Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

lǐwài

里外

[裡外]

inside and out
or so

lǐxiàng

里巷

[里巷]

lane
alley

Pǔlǐ

埔里

[埔里]

Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣／南投县 ( Nántóu Xiàn), central Taiwan

jiālǐ

家里

[家裡]

home

jūlǐ

居里

[居里]

curie (Ci) (loanword)

lǐshè

里社

[里社]

village shrine to the earth god

wànlǐ

万里

[萬里]

far away
thousands of miles; 10,000 li

lǐyàn

里谚

[里諺]

common saying
folk proverb

rìlǐ

日里

[日裡]

daytime
during the day

Bǎilǐ

百里

[百里]

two-character surname Baili

Bālǐ

峇里

[峇里]

Bali (island province of Indonesia) (Tw)

Mǎlǐ

马里

[馬里]

Mali

Lǐjiā

里加

[里加]

Riga, capital of Latvia

míngli

明里

[明里]

publicly; outwardly; professedly

qiānlǐ

千里

[千里]

a thousand miles
a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
a long distance

lǐbian

里边

[裡邊]

inside

lǐjī

里肌

[里肌]

(Tw) tenderloin (usu. of pork)

ànli

暗里

[暗裡]

privately; secretly; behind closed doors

Dàlǐ

大里

[大里]

Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

lǐzi

里子

[裡子]

lining
(fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)

tóulǐ

头里

[頭里]

in front
in advance of the field

yīnglǐ

英里

[英里]

mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)

nèilǐ

内里

[內裡]

the inside

shǒulǐ

手里

[手裡]

in hand
(a situation is) in sb's hands

lǐyuē

里约

[里約]

agreement between the residents of a 里 (lǐ), an administrative district under a city or town (Tw)

Fùlǐ

富里

[富里]

Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣／花莲县 ( Huālián Xiàn), east Taiwan

nàli

那里

[那裡]

there; that place

lǐtou

里头

[裡頭]

inside
interior

Wàn Lǐ

万里

[萬里]

Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician

xīnli

心里

[心裡]

chest
heart; mind

Lǐyuē

里约

[里約]

Rio
abbr. for 里約熱內盧／里约热内卢 ( Lǐyuērènèilú)

fēnglǐ

封里

[封裡]

inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)

Hòulǐ

后里

[后里]

Houli Township in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

Wànlǐ

万里

[萬里]

Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan

Jiālǐ

加里

[加里]

Gary (name)

lǐfān

里番

[裏番]

erotic animation
hentai
(loanword from Japanese 裏番組 "ura bangumi")

hǎilǐ

海里

[海里]

nautical mile

línlǐ

邻里

[鄰里]

neighbor
neighborhood

Húlǐ

湖里

[湖里]

Huli, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市／厦门市 ( Xiàmèn Shì), Fujian

Lǐgēn

里根

[里根]

Reagan (name)
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)

Shuǐlǐ

水里

[水里]

Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣／南投县 ( Nántóu Xiàn), central Taiwan

jiālǐ

加里

[加里]

potassium (loanword)

Dàolǐ

道里

[道裡]

Daoli, a district of Harbin 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 ( Hāērbin) in Heilongjiang

Lǐ'ěr

里尔

[里爾]

Lille (city in France)

lǐrén

里人

[里人]

person from the same village, town or province
peasant (derog.)
(of a school of thought etc) follower

lǐji

里脊

[裡脊]

(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)

Sàlǐ

萨里

[薩里]

Surrey (county in England)

Lónglǐ

龙里

[龍里]

Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou

lǐshǒu

里手

[裡手]

expert
left-hand side (of a machine)
left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle

lǐlā

里拉

[里拉]

lira (monetary unit) (loanword)

Wānlǐ

湾里

[灣裡]

Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi

Kǎilǐ

凯里

[凱里]

Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州／黔东南苗族侗族自治州

lǐyuàn

里院

[裡院]

inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)

zhèlǐ

这里

[這裏]

variant of 這裡／这里 (zhèlǐ)

Hālǐ

哈里

[哈里]

Harry or Hari (name)

nàli

那里

[那裏]

there; that place

nǎlǐ

哪里

[哪裡]

where?
somewhere
anywhere
wherever
nowhere (negative answer to question)
humble expression denying compliment

Jiǔlǐ

九里

[九里]

Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市 ( Xúzhōushì), Jiangsu

biǎolǐ

表里

[表裡]

the outside and the inside
one's outward show and inner thoughts
exterior and interior

Yùlǐ

玉里

[玉里]

Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣／花莲县 ( Huālián Xiàn), east Taiwan

Bālǐ

八里

[八里]

Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan

chènlǐ

衬里

[襯裡]

lining

xiānglǐ

乡里

[鄉里]

one's home town or village

cūnlǐ

村里

[村里]

village
hamlet

lǐchéng

里程

[里程]

mileage (distance traveled)
course (of development)

nǎlǐ

哪里

[哪裏]

where?
somewhere
anywhere
wherever
nowhere (negative answer to question)
humble expression denying compliment
also written 哪裡／哪里

lǐdài

里带

[裡帶]

inner tube (of tire)

gōnglǐ

公里

[公里]

kilometer

Yuànlǐ

苑里

[苑裡]

Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣／苗栗县 ( Miáolìxiàn), northwest Taiwan

Lǐ'áng

里昂

[里昂]

Lyon, French city on the Rhône

lǐmiàn

里面

[裡面]

inside
interior
also pr. (lǐmian)

huálǐ

华里

[華里]

li (Chinese unit of distance)

yèli

夜里

[夜裡]

during the night
at night
nighttime

shìlǐ

市里

[市里]

li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)

zhèlǐ

这里

[這裡]

here

Alǐ

阿里

[阿里]

Ali (name)
Ali (c. 600-661), the fourth caliph of Islam
Ngari prefecture in Tibet

Jiālǐ

佳里

[佳里]

Jiali, a district in Tainan 台南／台南 ( Táinán), Taiwan

huáilǐ

怀里

[懷裡]

embrace
bosom

Tuōlǐ

托里

[托里]

Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區／塔城地区 ( Tǎchéngdìqū), Xinjiang

lālǐ

拉里

[拉里]

lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)

lǐchéngbēi

里程碑

[里程碑]

milestone

Jiādálǐ

加达里

[加達里]

Guattari (philosopher)

Húlǐ Qū

湖里区

[湖里區]

Huli, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市／厦门市 ( Xiàmèn Shì), Fujian

Sàlǐjùn

萨里郡

[薩里郡]

Surrey (county in south England)

lǐchéngbiǎo

里程表

[里程表]

odometer

qīlǐxiāng

七里香

[七里香]

orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
"chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt

xuělǐhóng

雪里蕻

[雪裡蕻]

potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia)

Fùlǐyè

傅里叶

[傅里葉]

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)

Lǐqíméng

里奇蒙

[里奇蒙]

Richmond (place name or surname)

bǎilǐxiāng

百里香

[百里香]

thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Mǎdélǐ

马德里

[馬德里]

Madrid, capital of Spain

Mǎlǐ'ào

马里奥

[馬里奧]

Mario (name)

Lónglǐxiàn

龙里县

[龍里縣]

Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou

kǎlùlǐ

卡路里

[卡路里]

calorie (loanword)

Xièlǐfū

谢里夫

[謝里夫]

Sharif (name)
Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician

Délǐdá

德里达

[德里達]

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), philosopher

Lǐkètè

里克特

[里克特]

Richter (name)
Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named

Shuǐlǐ Xiāng

水里乡

[水里鄉]

Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣／南投县 ( Nántóu Xiàn), central Taiwan

Alǐláng

阿里郎

[阿里郎]

Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty
Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites

Hépínglǐ

和平里

[和平里]

Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing

jīnlǐqí

金里奇

[金里奇]

(Newt) Gingrich

Kèlǐtè

克里特

[克里特]

Crete

jiālǐdūn

家里蹲

[家裡蹲]

recluse
hikikomori person

Měnggǔlǐ

蒙古里

[蒙古里]

(archaic) Mongol

Aīlǐwēn

埃里温

[埃里溫]

Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞／亚美尼亚 ( Yàměiníyà)

Wànlǐxiāng

万里乡

[萬里鄉]

Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan

lǐzhǎngbó

里长伯

[里長伯]

neighborhood warden

Wǎlǐsī

瓦里斯

[瓦里斯]

Wallis (name)
John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton

Aòbùlǐ

奥布里

[奧布里]

Aubrey (name)

fēngdǐlǐ

封底里

[封底裡]

inside back cover

Qīlǐhé

七里河

[七里河]

Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市／兰州市 ( Lánzhōu Shì), Gansu

wōlifǎn

窝里反

[窩裡反]

see 窩裡鬥／窝里斗 (wōlidòu)

gǔzilǐ

骨子里

[骨子裡]

beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level

Lǐshìmǎn

里士满

[里士滿]

Richmond (name)

Dōngcānglǐ

东仓里

[東倉里]

Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border

Yuànlǐzhèn

苑里镇

[苑裡鎮]

Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣／苗栗县 ( Miáolìxiàn), northwest Taiwan

Bālǐkūn

巴里坤

[巴里坤]

Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang

wǎngsǐlǐ

往死里

[往死裡]

(coll.) (to beat etc) to death

Tuōlǐxiàn

托里县

[托里縣]

Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區／塔城地区 ( Tǎchéngdìqū), Xinjiang

Liúlǐkè

留里克

[留里克]

Rurik (c. 830-879), Varangian chieftain of the Rus' people

Fúlǐdūn

弗里敦

[弗里敦]

Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone

dūngōnglǐ

吨公里

[噸公里]

ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)

Tǎlǐmù

塔里木

[塔里木]

the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang

Yùlǐzhèn

玉里镇

[玉里鎮]

Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣／花莲县 ( Huālián Xiàn), east Taiwan

Suǒlǐyà

索里亚

[索里亞]

Soria, Spain

lǐjīròu

里肌肉

[里肌肉]

loin (of pork)

Huìlǐxiàn

会里县

[會里縣]

Huili county in Sichuan

Jiélǐmǐ

杰里米

[傑里米]

Jeremy (name)

lǐwàilǐ

里外里

[裡外裡]

all in all
either way

mòdìlǐ

蓦地里

[驀地裡]

suddenly; unexpectedly

gōnglǐshí

公里时

[公里時]

kilometer per hour

Fùlǐxiāng

富里乡

[富里鄉]

Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣／花莲县 ( Huālián Xiàn), east Taiwan

Bāolǐsī

包里斯

[包里斯]

Boris (name)

Dàlǐ Shì

大里市

[大里市]

Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

Suǒmǎlǐ

索马里

[索馬里]

Somalia

Lǐgǎngxiāng

里港乡

[里港鄉]

Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

Dàolǐ Qū

道里区

[道裡區]

Daoli, a district of Harbin 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 ( Hāērbin) in Heilongjiang

Xīlǐ'ěr

西里尔

[西里爾]

Cyril (name)
Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary
Cyrillic

qiānlǐmǎ

千里马

[千里馬]

lit. ten thousand mile horse
fine steed

Fúlǐmàn

弗里曼

[弗里曼]

Freeman (surname)

Jiǔlǐqū

九里区

[九里區]

Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市 ( Xúzhōushì), Jiangsu

wōlihèng

窝里横

[窩裡橫]

(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home

Xīlālǐ

希拉里

[希拉里]

Hillary (name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician

Fēngxīlǐ

丰溪里

[豐溪里]

P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site

Kèlǐmù

克里木

[克里木]

Crimea
the Crimean peninsula

Yīlǐqí

伊里奇

[伊里奇]

Ilyich or Illich (name)

Méilǐměi

梅里美

[梅里美]

Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera

Hòulǐ Xiāng

后里乡

[后里鄉]

Houli Township in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

Méilǐsī

梅里斯

[梅里斯]

Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

Láilǐdá

莱里达

[萊里達]

Lérida or Lleida, Spain

Sūlǐnán

苏里南

[蘇里南]

Suriname

shālǐyà

沙里亚

[沙里亞]

sharia (Islamic law) (loanword)

Dàmálǐ

大麻里

[大麻里]

Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan
same as Taimali 太麻里 ( Tàimálǐ)

kēlǐhuà

柯里化

[柯里化]

(computing) currying

hālǐfā

哈里发

[哈里發]

(loanword) caliph
also written 哈利發／哈利发 (hālìfā)

Jiālǐzhèn

佳里镇

[佳里鎮]

Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣／台南县 ( Táinánxiàn), Taiwan

Sānlǐhé

三里河

[三里河]

Sanlihe (Beijing street name)

Bānbólǐ

班伯里

[班伯里]

Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia
Banbury, town in Oxfordshire, England

Jiélǐkē

杰里科

[傑里科]

Jericho (town in West Bank)

Tàimálǐ

太麻里

[太麻里]

Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Wǎxīlǐ

瓦西里

[瓦西里]

Vasily (name)

Mǎdélǐ

马德里

[馬德裡]

variant of 馬德里／马德里 ( Mǎdélǐ), Madrid

Lǐ'àosī

里奥斯

[里奧斯]

Ríos (name)

wōlidòu

窝里斗

[窩裡鬥]

internal strife (family, group, etc)

Xīxīlǐ

西西里

[西西里]

Sicily
Sicilia (Italian Island)

Bèilǐsī

贝里斯

[貝里斯]

Belize (Tw)

xīnlihuà

心里话

[心裡話]

(to express one's) true feelings
what is on one's mind
secret mind

Mòlǐ'āi

莫里哀

[莫里哀]

Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy

Zhèng Yìlǐ

郑易里

[鄭易里]

Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding

Sānlǐtún

三里屯

[三里屯]

Sanlitun (Beijing street name)

Bālǐ Dǎo

巴里岛

[巴里島]

island of Bali

shǒulǐjiàn

手里剑

[手裡劍]

straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

Mǎnzhōulǐ

满洲里

[滿洲里]

Manzhouli, county-level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Lǐjiǎnà

里贾纳

[里賈納]

Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada

Píng'ānlǐ

平安里

[平安里]

Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)

sìxiàli

四下里

[四下裡]

all around

àndìli

暗地里

[暗地裡]

secretly; inwardly; on the sly

Gānbālǐ

甘巴里

[甘巴里]

Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007

Mǎlǐlán

马里兰

[馬里蘭]

Maryland, US state

Bālǐxiāng

八里乡

[八里鄉]

Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan

Wānlǐqū

湾里区

[灣裡區]

Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi

bèidìli

背地里

[背地裡]

behind sb's back

lǐchéngjì

里程计

[里程計]

speedometer (of a vehicle)

Tèlǐsà

特里萨

[特里薩]

Teresa
Theresa (name)

Yèlǐwēn

叶里温

[葉里溫]

Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)

Tèlǐ'ěr

特里尔

[特里爾]

Trier (city in Germany)

qiānlǐyǎn

千里眼

[千里眼]

clairvoyance

xuělǐhóng

雪里红

[雪裡紅]

potherb mustard
Brassica juncea var. crispifolia

Erlǐtou

二里头

[二里頭]

Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 ( Xiàcháo) archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師／偃师 ( Yǎnshī) in Luoyang 洛陽／洛阳 ( Luòyáng), Henan)

lǐbianr

里边儿

[裡邊兒]

erhua variant of 裡邊／里边 (lǐbian)

Alǐ Shān

阿里山

[阿里山]

Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan

Mìsūlǐ

密苏里

[密蘇里]

Missouri

Guǒgēlǐ

果戈里

[果戈里]

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist

Xīn Délǐ

新德里

[新德里]

New Delhi, capital of India

Suǒmǎlǐ

索马里

[索馬裡]

variant of 索馬里／索马里 ( Suǒmǎlǐ)
Somalia

Pǔlǐ Zhèn

埔里镇

[埔里鎮]

Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣／南投县 ( Nántóu Xiàn), central Taiwan

Lǐsīběn

里斯本

[里斯本]

Lisbon, capital of Portugal

Lǐlǎngwēi

里朗威

[里朗威]

Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)

Kǎilǐshì

凯里市

[凱里市]

Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州／黔东南苗族侗族自治州

Qīlǐhé Qū

七里河区

[七里河區]

Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市／兰州市 ( Lánzhōu Shì), Gansu

Nàdé Alǐ

纳德阿里

[納德阿里]

Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Jūlǐ Fūren

居里夫人

[居里夫人]

see 居禮夫人／居礼夫人 ( Jūlǐ Fūren)

bùzhījiùlǐ

不知就里

[不知就裡]

unaware of the inner workings
naive
unwitting

Zā'ěrdálǐ

扎尔达里

[扎爾達里]

Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013

Kǎsītèlǐ

卡斯特里

[卡斯特里]

Castries, capital of Saint Lucia

Aòlǐlǐyà

奥里里亚

[奧里里亞]

Aurelia, a hypothetical planet

Mìsūlǐzhōu

密苏里州

[密蘇里州]

Missouri

Tènèilǐfèi

特内里费

[特內里費]

Tenerife

bùmíngjiùlǐ

不明就里

[不明就裡]

not to understand the situation
unaware of the ins and outs

qíngkōngwànlǐ

晴空万里

[晴空萬里]

a clear and boundless sky

Alǐdìqū

阿里地区

[阿里地區]

Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul

Fúlǐsīlán

弗里斯兰

[弗里斯蘭]

Friesland, province of the Netherlands

qiānlǐtiáotiáo

千里迢迢

[千里迢迢]

from distant parts

yóubiǎojílǐ

由表及里

[由表及裡]

to proceed from the outside to the inside
to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance

lǐgōuwàilián

里勾外连

[裡勾外連]

to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside
attacked from both inside and out

Dàbùlǐshì

大不里士

[大不里士]

Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan

qūlǐguǎiwān

曲里拐弯

[曲裡拐彎]

winding and turning (idiom)

Bùlǐsībān

布里斯班

[布里斯班]

Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia

Bàodélǐyà

鲍德里亚

[鮑德里亞]

Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher

wànlǐtiáotiáo

万里迢迢

[萬里迢迢]

(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸／归 (guī) or 赴 (fù) etc) traveling a great distance

Dǐgélǐsī

底格里斯

[底格里斯]

Tigris River, Iraq

Kèlǐsītīng

克里斯汀

[克里斯汀]

(name) Christine, Kristine, Kristen, Kristin etc
Christiane
Christian

Lìmòlǐkè

利默里克

[利默里克]

Limerick, Ireland

pīlipālā

劈里啪啦

[劈裡啪啦]

variant of 噼裡啪啦／噼里啪啦 (pīlipālā)

wànlǐwúyún

万里无云

[萬里無雲]

cloudless

qiānlǐzhīwài

千里之外

[千里之外]

thousand miles distant

Lìgǔlǐyà

利古里亚

[利古里亞]

Liguria, northwest Italy

dǎxīnyǎnli

打心眼里

[打心眼裡]

from the bottom of one's heart
heartily
sincerely

lǐchūwàijìn

里出外进

[裡出外進]

uneven
in disorder
everything sticking out

mǎsūlǐlā

马苏里拉

[馬蘇里拉]

mozzarella (loanword)

Sīlǐlánkǎ

斯里兰卡

[斯里蘭卡]

Sri Lanka
(formerly) Ceylon

wǎngnìlǐcǎi

往泥里踩

[往泥裡踩]

to belittle
to attack sb

Hālǐsībǎo

哈里斯堡

[哈里斯堡]

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

gǔlǐgǔguài

古里古怪

[古里古怪]

quaint
odd and picturesque
weird and wonderful

miánlǐcángzhēn

绵里藏针

[綿裡藏針]

lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom)
fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance
a wolf in sheep's clothing
an iron fist in a velvet glove

Pàtèlǐkè

帕特里克

[帕特里克]

Patrick (name)

xiàolǐcángdāo

笑里藏刀

[笑裡藏刀]

lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
when the fox preaches, look to the geese

lǐwéiyēlā

里维耶拉

[里維耶拉]

riviera (loanword) (Tw)

qiānlǐ'émáo

千里鹅毛

[千里鵝毛]

goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
also written 千里送鵝毛／千里送鹅毛 (qiānlǐsòng'émáo)

Oūjǐlǐdé

欧几里得

[歐幾里得]

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本／几何原本

Alǐshān Xiāng

阿里山乡

[阿里山鄉]

Alishan Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣／嘉义县 ( Jiāyì Xiàn), within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan

nǎlǐnǎlǐ

哪里哪里

[哪裡哪裡]

you're too kind; you flatter me

Tíkèlǐtè

提克里特

[提克里特]

Tikrit

Màidùgǔlǐ

迈杜古里

[邁杜古裡]

Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria

xīnlǐyǎngyang

心里痒痒

[心裡癢癢]

(idiom) to feel a strong urge (to do sth)

péngchéngwànlǐ

鹏程万里

[鵬程萬里]

the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)
one's future prospects are brilliant

Bōdélǐchá

波德里查

[波德里查]

Podgorica, capital of Montenegro (Tw)

Kēnàkèlǐ

科纳克里

[科納克里]

Conakry, capital of Guinea

Aòlǐsàbāng

奥里萨邦

[奧里薩邦]

Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state

Bùlǐtènī

布里特妮

[布里特妮]

Britney, Brittney or Brittany (name)

Mǎnzhōulǐshì

满洲里市

[滿洲里市]

Manzhouli, county-level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ( Hūlúnbèi'ěr), Inner Mongolia

Tǎlǐmù Hé

塔里木河

[塔里木河]

Tarim River of Xinjiang

méngzàigǔlǐ

朦在鼓里

[朦在鼓裡]

variant of 蒙在鼓裡／蒙在鼓里 (méngzàigǔlǐ)

biǎolǐbùyī

表里不一

[表裡不一]

outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
saying one thing but meaning sth different

Wūsūlǐjiāng

乌苏里江

[烏蘇里江]

Ussuri River

yóukèlǐlǐ

尤克里里

[尤克里里]

ukulele (loanword)

zìlǐhángjiān

字里行间

[字裡行間]

between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
connotations

xīlihuālā

稀里哗啦

[稀裡嘩啦]

(onom.) rustling sound
sound of rain or of sth falling down
in disorder
completely smashed
badly battered
broken to pieces

Jiālǐlèiyà

加里肋亚

[加里肋亞]

Galilee

chuāizàihuáilǐ

搋在怀里

[搋在懷裡]

to tuck into one's bosom
also written 揣在懷裡／揣在怀里

Oūjǐlǐdé

欧几里德

[歐幾里德]

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本／几何原本

Mólǐxīsī

模里西斯

[模里西斯]

Mauritius (Tw)

biānpìrùlǐ

鞭辟入里

[鞭闢入裡]

penetrated
trenchant
incisive

Fúluólǐdá

弗罗里达

[弗羅里達]

Florida, US state

kànzàiyǎnli

看在眼里

[看在眼裡]

to observe; to take it all in

méngzàigǔlǐ

蒙在鼓里

[矇在鼓裡]

variant of 蒙在鼓裡／蒙在鼓里 (méngzàigǔlǐ)

méngzàigǔlǐ

蒙在鼓里

[蒙在鼓裡]

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
fig. completely in the dark

Fúluólǐdá

佛罗里达

[佛羅里達]

Florida

Sīwǎxīlǐ

斯瓦希里

[斯瓦希里]

Swahili

huālihúshào

花里胡哨

[花裡胡哨]

gaudy
flashy (but without substance)

Kěkěxīlǐ

可可西里

[可可西里]

Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原 ( Qīng Zànggāoyuán)

Kùlǐtíbā

库里提巴

[庫里提巴]

Curitiba (city in Brazil)

róngguīgùlǐ

荣归故里

[榮歸故里]

to return home with honor

Jiālǐmàndān

加里曼丹

[加里曼丹]

Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)

Dìlíbōlǐ

的黎波里

[的黎波里]

Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli, city in north Lebanon

mínglǐ'ànlǐ

明里暗里

[明裡暗裡]

both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly

sǐlǐtáoshēng

死里逃生

[死裡逃生]

mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape
to survive by the skin of one's teeth

Alǐbābā

阿里巴巴

[阿里巴巴]

Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company

húlihútú

糊里糊涂

[糊裡糊塗]

confused
vague
indistinct
muddle-headed
mixed up
in a daze

shílǐyángchǎng

十里洋场

[十里洋場]

the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city

Bǐdélǐmǐn

彼得里皿

[彼得里皿]

Petri dish

yuǎngéqiānlǐ

远隔千里

[遠隔千里]

thousands of miles away
far away

xiàlǐbārén

下里巴人

[下里巴人]

folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國／楚国 ( Chǔguó)
popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě), highbrow art forms)

xīnliyǒuguǐ

心里有鬼

[心裡有鬼]

to have secret motives
to have a guilty conscience

xīnlǐyǒupǔ

心里有谱

[心裡有譜]

to have a plan in mind

bànbiǎobànlǐ

半表半里

[半表半裡]

half outside, half inside
half interior, half exterior

Kēnàkèlǐ

柯那克里

[柯那克里]

Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)

luōliluōsuo

啰里啰嗦

[囉里囉嗦]

long-winded
verbose

Máolǐqiúsī

毛里求斯

[毛里求斯]

Mauritius

Tèlǐpǔlā

特里普拉

[特里普拉]

Tripura (Indian state)

Kèlǐmǐyà

克里米亚

[克里米亞]

Crimea

dīli-dālā

滴里耷拉

[滴里耷拉]

hanging down loosely; dangling in disorder

Tuōlǐchāilì

托里拆利

[托里拆利]

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo

Alǐ Bābā

阿里巴巴

[阿里巴巴]

Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights

Lǐwǎ'ěrduō

里瓦尔多

[里瓦爾多]

Rivaldo

liúliliúqì

流里流气

[流裡流氣]

hooliganism
rowdyism

Sàilǐmù Hú

赛里木湖

[賽里木湖]

Sayram Lake in Xinjiang

xiǎolixiǎoqì

小里小气

[小裡小氣]

stingy
petty

Aīfūbólǐ

埃夫伯里

[埃夫伯里]

Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)

Jiālǐbōdì

加里波第

[加里波第]

Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician

jīligūlū

叽里咕噜

[嘰里咕嚕]

see 嘰哩咕嚕／叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)

xiēsīdǐlǐ

歇斯底里

[歇斯底里]

hysteria (loanword)
hysterical

xīliguāngdāng

稀里光当

[稀里光當]

thin
diluted

yúnlǐwùlǐ

云里雾里

[雲裡霧裡]

amidst the clouds and mist
(fig.) mystified
puzzled

Sūlǐnán Hé

苏里南河

[蘇里南河]

Suriname River

lǐjíhòuzhòng

里急后重

[裡急後重]

(medicine) tenesmus

Kǎ'ěrjiālǐ

卡尔加里

[卡爾加里]

Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada

huàlǐtàohuà

话里套话

[話裡套話]

to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed

pīlipālā

噼里啪啦

[噼裡啪啦]

(onom.) to crackle and rattle
to pitter-patter

lǐyìngwàihé

里应外合

[裡應外合]

to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)
(fig.) to act together

Kǎlìyàlǐ

卡利亚里

[卡利亞里]

Cagliari, Sardinia

chuāizàihuáilǐ

揣在怀里

[揣在懷裡]

to tuck into one's bosom

tángcùlǐjǐ

糖醋里脊

[糖醋里脊]

sweet and sour pork

wànlǐjiāngshān

万里江山

[萬里江山]

lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
a vast territory (idiom)

Bùlǐqídùn

布里奇顿

[布里奇頓]

Bridgetown, capital of Barbados

guàilǐguàiqì

怪里怪气

[怪里怪氣]

eccentric
odd-looking
peculiar

mòzālǐlā

莫扎里拉

[莫扎里拉]

mozzarella (loanword)

Luómǎlǐ'ào

罗马里奥

[羅馬里奧]

Romário

Kèlǐtè Dǎo

克里特岛

[克里特島]

Crete

Sīkēpǔlǐ

斯科普里

[斯科普里]

Skopje, capital of North Macedonia

Awǎlǐdé

阿瓦里德

[阿瓦里德]

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia

biǎolǐrúyī

表里如一

[表裡如一]

external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means
to think and act as one

Méilǐsīqū

梅里斯区

[梅里斯區]

Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 ( Qíqíhā'ěr), Heilongjiang

Wànlǐ Chángchéng

万里长城

[萬里長城]

the Great Wall

Tāngjiālǐluó

汤加里罗

[湯加里羅]

Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand

Qiáogēlǐ Fēng

乔戈里峰

[喬戈里峰]

K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas

Bālǐkūnxiàn

巴里坤县

[巴里坤縣]

Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang

Wànlǐ Chángjiāng

万里长江

[萬里長江]

Changjiang River
Yangtze River

Qiáogélǐ Fēng

乔格里峰

[喬格里峰]

K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
also written 喬戈里峰／乔戈里峰

jìzàixīnli

记在心里

[記在心裡]

to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly

wùlǐkànhuā

雾里看花

[霧里看花]

lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision

Lǐfúsàidé

里弗赛德

[里弗賽德]

Riverside

Bùlǐtǎnní

布里坦尼

[布里坦尼]

Brittany (France)
Bretagne

shǎlishǎqì

傻里傻气

[傻裡傻氣]

foolish
stupid

Jiābólónglǐ

嘉柏隆里

[嘉柏隆里]

Gaborone, capital of Botswana (Tw)

dīlǐdūlu

滴里嘟噜

[滴里嘟嚕]

cumbersome

cónglǐdàowài

从里到外

[從裡到外]

from the inside to the outside
through and through
thoroughly

Sàiwéilǐnuò

塞韦里诺

[塞韋里諾]

(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Gélǐgāolì

格里高利

[格里高利]

Gregory or Grigory (name)

júlǐjúqì

橘里橘气

[橘里橘氣]

lesbian-like (i.e. exhibiting lesbian traits) (coined c. 2018)

yīrìqiānlǐ

一日千里

[一日千里]

lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

Mòsuǒlǐní

墨索里尼

[墨索里尼]

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943

lǐwéi'āilā

里维埃拉

[里維埃拉]

riviera (loanword)

wǎngxīnliqù

往心里去

[往心裡去]

to take sth to heart
to take sth seriously

húlihútú

糊里糊涂

[糊里糊塗]

variant of 糊裡糊塗／糊里糊涂 (húlihútú)

chīlǐpáwài

吃里爬外

[吃裡爬外]

to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
to double-cross one's employer
to bite the hand that feeds you

zuǒlínyòulǐ

左邻右里

[左鄰右里]

see 左鄰右舍／左邻右舍 (zuǒlínyòushè)

Lìbǐlǐyà

利比里亚

[利比里亞]

Liberia

wǎ'ěrjīlǐ

瓦尔基里

[瓦爾基里]

valkyrie

Bùlǐsītuō

布里斯托

[布里斯托]

Bristol

huàlǐyǒuhuà

话里有话

[話裡有話]

one's words carry an implicit meaning

hángjiālǐshǒu

行家里手

[行家裡手]

connoisseur
expert

juéshèngqiānlǐ

决胜千里

[決勝千里]

to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)

bùyuǎnqiānlǐ

不远千里

[不遠千里]

make light of traveling a thousand li
go to the trouble of traveling a long distance

Dàikèlǐxiān

戴克里先

[戴克里先]

Diocletian (c. 245-311), Roman emperor

fàngzàiyǎnlǐ

放在眼里

[放在眼裡]

to pay attention to
to care about
to attach importance to

xīlihútu

稀里糊涂

[稀裏糊塗]

muddleheaded
careless

Kèlǐpǔsī

克里普斯

[克里普斯]

Cripps (name)
Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician

Jílǐbāsī

吉里巴斯

[吉里巴斯]

Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)

Pǔlǐqiètè

普里切特

[普里切特]

Pratchett (name)

Wǔshuǐduānlǐ

舞水端里

[舞水端里]

Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道／咸镜北道 ( Xiánjìngběidào)

lālilāta

邋里邋遢

[邋裡邋遢]

messy
slovenly
unkempt

lǐlǐwàiwài

里里外外

[裡裡外外]

inside and out

Dàmálǐxiāng

大麻里乡

[大麻里鄉]

Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan
same as Taimali 太麻里 ( Tàimálǐ)

Xīlǐxīyà

西里西亚

[西里西亞]

Silesia

Tàimálǐxiāng

太麻里乡

[太麻里鄉]

Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Mǎlǐbó'ěr

马里博尔

[馬里博爾]

Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia

píngfānggōnglǐ

平方公里

[平方公里]

square kilometer

Lǐ Hǎidìyā

里海地鸦

[裡海地鴉]

(bird species of China) Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)

xīnlǐyǒushù

心里有数

[心裡有數]

to know the score (idiom)
to be well aware of the situation

bǎilǐtiāoyī

百里挑一

[百裡挑一]

one in a hundred
cream of the crop

Lǐshìzhènjí

里氏震级

[里氏震級]

Richter magnitude scale

Xīxīlǐ Dǎo

西西里岛

[西西里島]

Sicily

tǔlǐtǔqì

土里土气

[土裡土氣]

unsophisticated
rustic
uncouth

Bólǐkèlì

伯里克利

[伯里克利]

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war

Aqílǐsī

阿奇里斯

[阿奇里斯]

Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

jiēfanglínlǐ

街坊邻里

[街坊鄰里]

neighbors
the whole neighborhood

Suǒmǎlǐyà

索马里亚

[索馬里亞]

variant of 索馬利亞／索马利亚 ( Suǒmǎlìyà)

Méilǐ Xuěshān

梅里雪山

[梅里雪山]

Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Yunnan

Pàtèlǐxià

帕特里夏

[帕特里夏]

Patricia

Chūnwǔlǐfǔ

春武里府

[春武里府]

Chonburi province of east Thailand

zhuǎnzhànqiānlǐ

转战千里

[轉戰千里]

fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
never-ending struggle

Hālǐfā Tǎ

哈里发塔

[哈里發塔]

Burj Khalifa, skyscraper in Dubai, 830 m high

Xiānggélǐlā

香格里拉

[香格里拉]

Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 ( Zhōngdiàn) in Tibetan province of Kham

Jīlǐbāsī

基里巴斯

[基里巴斯]

Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)

Kùbùlǐkè

库布里克

[庫布里克]

Kubrick

Mǎlǐlánzhōu

马里兰州

[馬里蘭州]

Maryland, US state

Fúléidélǐkè

弗雷德里克

[弗雷德里克]

Frederick (name)

Sīkèlǐyàbīn

斯克里亚宾

[斯克里亞賓]

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist

Alǐsītuōfēn

阿里斯托芬

[阿里斯托芬]

Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright

yīngōulǐfānchuán

阴沟里翻船

[陰溝裡翻船]

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Bākètèlǐyà

巴克特里亚

[巴克特里亞]

Bactria, an ancient country of Central Asia

shíwànbāqiānlǐ

十万八千里

[十萬八千里]

light-years (apart)
a million miles (apart)
(i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)

Sīwǎxīlǐyǔ

斯瓦希里语

[斯瓦希里語]

Swahili (language)
Kiswahili

Dàolājílǐ Fēng

道拉吉里峰

[道拉吉里峰]

Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas

Kèlǐmù Bàndǎo

克里木半岛

[克里木半島]

Crimea
the Crimean peninsula

ròulànzàiguōlǐ

肉烂在锅里

[肉爛在鍋裡]

lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders

Huángjiā Mǎdélǐ

皇家马德里

[皇家馬德里]

Real Madrid (soccer team)

Kèlǐsīdìwá

克里斯蒂娃

[克里斯蒂娃]

Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic

èshìchuánqiānlǐ

恶事传千里

[惡事傳千里]

evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire

Dìlǐyǎsītè

的里雅斯特

[的里雅斯特]

Trieste, port city in Italy

Bōlǐníxīyà

玻里尼西亚

[玻里尼西亞]

Polynesia (Tw)

Yàlǐshìduōdé

亚里士多德

[亞里士多德]

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher

Fúlǐdélǐxī

弗里德里希

[弗里德里希]

Friedrich (name)

Bālǐkūncǎoyuán

巴里坤草原

[巴里坤草原]

Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang

Bōdégēlǐchá

波德戈里察

[波德戈里察]

Podgorica, capital of Montenegro

Jiālǐmàndān Dǎo

加里曼丹岛

[加里曼丹島]

Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)

Jiālǐnínggélè

加里宁格勒

[加里寧格勒]

Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia

Tǎlǐmùpéndì

塔里木盆地

[塔里木盆地]

Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang

Shèngpàtèlǐkè

圣帕特里克

[聖帕特里克]

Saint Patrick

qiānlǐjì'émáo

千里寄鹅毛

[千里寄鵝毛]

goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
also written 千里送鵝毛／千里送鹅毛

Jiālǐlèiyà Hǎi

加里肋亚海

[加里肋亞海]

Sea of Galilee

Fóluólǐdázhōu

佛罗里达州

[佛羅里達州]

Florida

Fúluòlǐsīdǎo

弗洛里斯岛

[弗洛里斯島]

Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛勒斯島／弗洛勒斯岛 ( Fúluòlēisīdǎo)

máokēnglǐdiǎndēng

茅坑里点灯

[茅坑裡點燈]

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 (zhǎosǐ) via its near homophone 照屎 (zhàoshǐ))

xīnliměiluóbo

心里美萝卜

[心裡美蘿蔔]

Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable

díjílǐdùguǎn

迪吉里杜管

[迪吉里杜管]

didgeridoo (loanword)

Pǔlǐshídìnà

普里什蒂纳

[普里什蒂納]

Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃

Fúlǐdélǐxī

弗里得里希

[弗里得里希]

Friedrich (name)

Xīlǐ'ěrzìmǔ

西里尔字母

[西里爾字母]

Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic letters

Hālǐfā Dìguó

哈里发帝国

[哈里發帝國]

Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)

Ténggélǐ Shāmò

腾格里沙漠

[騰格里沙漠]

Tengger Desert

Bùlǐsītuō'ěr

布里斯托尔

[布里斯托爾]

Bristol port city in southwest England

Suǒfúkèlǐsī

索福克里斯

[索福克里斯]

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright

Dáwūlǐhányā

达乌里寒鸦

[達烏裡寒鴉]

(bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)

Pǔlìtuōlǐyà

普利托里亚

[普利托里亞]

Pretoria, capital of South Africa (Tw)

Yàdélǐyà Hǎi

亚得里亚海

[亞得里亞海]

Adriatic Sea

Lǐyuērènèilú

里约热内卢

[里約熱內盧]

Rio de Janeiro

Dà Wūsūlǐ Dǎo

大乌苏里岛

[大烏蘇里島]

Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島／黑瞎子岛 ( Hēixiāzi Dǎo)

Sāngtuōlǐní Dǎo

桑托里尼岛

[桑托里尼島]

Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)

Péilǐkèlìsī

培里克利斯

[培里克利斯]

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
also written 伯里克利 ( Bólǐkèlì)

Fúluólǐdázhōu

弗罗里达州

[弗羅里達州]

Florida, US state

Mǐdé'ěrbólǐ

米德尔伯里

[米德爾伯里]

Middlebury (College)

Ahèdìsàlǐ

阿赫蒂萨里

[阿赫蒂薩里]

Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate

Oūlǐbìdésī

欧里庇得斯

[歐里庇得斯]

Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc

Elìtèlǐyà

厄立特里亚

[厄立特里亞]

Eritrea

Hánténggélǐ Fēng

汗腾格里峰

[汗騰格里峰]

Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan

qiānlǐsòng'émáo

千里送鹅毛

[千里送鵝毛]

goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

Wūlǐyǎsūtái

乌里雅苏台

[烏里雅蘇台]

Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia

kèlǐ'ào'ěryǔ

克里奥尔语

[克里奧爾語]

creole language

Gélǐmǔsītǎ

格里姆斯塔

[格里姆斯塔]

Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway)

Kèlǐsītuōfú

克里斯托弗

[克里斯托弗]

(Warren) Christopher

Lǐxītèhuòfēn

里希特霍芬

[里希特霍芬]

Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路／丝绸之路

Wūsūlǐsīkè

乌苏里斯克

[烏蘇里斯克]

Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region
previous names include 雙城子／双城子 ( Shuāngchéngzi) and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫／伏罗希洛夫

Pàlāmǎlǐbó

帕拉马里博

[帕拉馬里博]

Paramaribo, capital of Suriname

Kèlǐmǔlín Gōng

克里姆林宫

[克里姆林宮]

the Kremlin

Yàlǐsīduōdé

亚里斯多德

[亞里斯多德]

Aristotle (philosopher)

Běi Mǎlǐyànà

北马里亚纳

[北馬里亞納]

Northern Mariana Islands

Máolǐtǎníyà

毛里塔尼亚

[毛里塔尼亞]

Mauritania

Xiānggélǐlā Xiàn

香格里拉县

[香格里拉縣]

Shangri-La County in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 ( Zhōngdiàn) in Tibetan province of Kham

Dǐgélǐsī Hé

底格里斯河

[底格里斯河]