리
Meanings
Noun
1. way, reason, sense (usually in the negative or the interrogative)
2. li, the underlying ordering principle of the cosmos (East Asian philosophy, especially Confucianism)
3. village; a Korean administrative division covering a small settlement and its surrounding hinterland. (government)
4. a thousandth
Pronunciation
ri
Examples9
ᄀᆡ화ᄒᆞᆫ 아들 잇것다 ᄀᆡ화ᄒᆞᆫ 며누리 잇것다 집이 잘 되지 망ᄒᆞᆯ 리가 있소
We have a Westernized son, we have a Westernized daughter-in-law; of course our family will do well, how on earth could it go to ruin?
그럴 리가 없다.
That can't be true.
주인공이 죽을 리가 있겠냐?
How does it make sense for the main character to die?
그런 일을 내가 알 리 만무하지 않나?
There's no way I could know that, is there?
그녀가 그런 일을 했을 리가 없다.
She cannot have done such a thing.
진심일 리 없어.
You can't be serious.