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Keyword
one hundredth
  • one thousandth
Frequency
#2103
Strokes
9
Readings
lí100%
Mnemonic
厂 (workshop) gives the meaning and 里 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
厘米límǐ
centimeter
厘lí
one hundredth; centi-
巴厘岛BālíDǎo
Bali (island in Indonesia)
公厘gōnglí
millimeter
厘清líqīng
to clarify (the facts); clarification
巴厘Bālí
Bali (island province of Indonesia)
无厘头wúlítóu
silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
厘金líjīn
a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
厘升líshēng
centiliter