# 哩

| 哩 | U+54E9, &#21737; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54E9 |
| ← 哨 [U+54E8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 哪 → [U+54EA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口田土 (RWG), four-corner 6601$_4$, composition ⿰口里)

#### Derived characters

* 𭧍, 𮡝

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
* Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 629, character 3
* Unihan data for U+54E9

## Chinese

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### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ)

### Etymology

The Min Nan form is borrowed from English mile.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐ (li$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^5$ / le$^1$ / li$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mai
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$
*** Yale: lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^5$ / le$^1$ / li$^1$
*** Yale: léih / lē / lī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^5$ / le$^1$ / li$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^5$ / lé$^1$ / li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯¹³/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /liː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
*** Tâi-lô: mai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: may
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mãi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

哩
* (archaic) mile
    See also: 英里

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lī (li$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lī
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: li
*** Wade–Giles: li$^1$
*** Yale: lī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhi
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

哩
* Used in 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā) and 哩哩囉囉／哩哩羅羅 (līliluōluō).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): li (li$^5$／li$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): le$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): --li / --le / --lee / mai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: li
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: li̊
*** Wade–Giles: li$^5$
*** Yale: li
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .li
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: le$^1$
*** Yale: lē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: le$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɛː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --li
*** Tâi-lô: --li
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --le
*** Tâi-lô: --le
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lee
*** Tâi-lô: --lee
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
*** Tâi-lô: mai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: may
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: li
*** Sinological IPA : /li³³/

#### Definitions

哩
* (at the end of declarative sentence) Used to indicate continuation of a state or action.
    Synonym: 呢
* Used to stress a declaration.
    Synonym: 呢
** 2012, Jiazi Yang, director, 潮汕话有用吗?‎:
       le$^2$ gag$^4$ dêg$^8$ diê$^5$ suan$^1$ uê$^7$ ka$^2$ u$^6$ êng$^7$? u$^6$ êng$^7$ li$^1$. hui$^3$ uê$^7$! [Peng'im]
       A: Do you think Teo-Swa language has a use? B: Of course it does, what nonsense!
* Placed after each item of a list
    Synonym: 啦

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): -ли (-li, 0)
* Mandarin
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: -ли (-li, 0)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

#### Definitions

哩
* (Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

### Pronunciation 5

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Definitions

哩 (Wu)
* Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.
       From: 2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)
       Did you start the fire?

##### Usage notes

* This term is dated in several lects such as Shanghainese.

### Pronunciation 6

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/

#### Definitions

哩
* a meaningless particle (clarification of this definition is needed) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Pronunciation 7

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǎi (mai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^3$
*** Yale: mǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

哩
* Only used in 哩伽塔.

### Compounds

* 伊哩烏蘆 / 伊哩乌芦
* 公古哩
* 加哩 (jiālǐ)
* 咖哩
* 咿哩呱喇
* 哩……哩……
* 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)
* 哩哩囉囉 / 哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō)
* 唏哩花啦
* 哩嗹 / 哩𪡏
* 哩嗹囉嗹 / 哩𪡏啰𪡏
* 哩嗹花兒 / 哩𪡏花儿
* 哩嚕 / 哩噜
* 哩囉 / 哩啰
* 唱哩嗹 / 唱哩𪡏
* 喇喇哩哩
* 嘁哩喀喳
* 嘰哩呱啦 / 叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
* 嘰哩咕嚕 / 叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)
* 囉哩囉嗦 / 啰哩啰嗦 (luōliluōsuō)
* 打哩
* 瑪哩花 / 玛哩花

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* mile

#### Readings

* Go-on: り (ri)
* Kan-on: り (ri)
* Kun: わい (wai, 哩)、マイル (mairu, 哩)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 哩
* まいる Jinmeiyō (ateji)
* kun'yomi
From English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

### Noun

哩(マイル) • (mairu)
* mile (mi)

## Korean
### Hanja

哩 (eum 리 (ri))
* mile

## Vietnamese
### Han character

哩: Hán Nôm readings: rị, ré, lí, rí
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