# lì
## Ali
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Bangandu
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Bofi
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Gbanu
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* li (misspelling)

### Etymology

From Latin illic. Compare Spanish allí, Portuguese ali.
The original geminated -ll-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in most regional Italian varieties.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli/$^*$
** Audio:(file)
** Hyphenation: lì
* (regional) IPA: $^*$/li/$^*$
* Rhymes: -i

### Adverb

lì
* there, in that place
    Synonym: là

#### Usage notes

* Similarly to qui and qua, lì denotes a more precise or punctual location:
    Non passare di là ― Don't go that way
    Non passare di lì ― Don't go through that (exact) spot

### Further reading

* lì in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* il, il-

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* li — nonstandard

### Romanization

lì (li$^4$, Zhuyin ㄌㄧˋ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 丽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 例
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儮 / 𮯸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儷 / 俪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凓
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 利
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 力
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勵 / 励
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 历
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厲 / 厉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚦 / 呖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囇
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壢 / 坜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慄 / 栗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 换
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擼 / 撸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攦 / 𰓬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斄 / 𭤎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暦, 曆 / 历
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫟 / 栎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫪 / 枥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欐 / 𪲔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歴 / 历
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歷 / 历
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淚 / 泪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濼 / 泺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濿 / 𪵱
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀝 / 沥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爄 / 𤇃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爏 / 𱪪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珕
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓅 / 𬍛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癘 / 疠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癧 / 疬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皪 / 𰤕
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礪 / 砺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礫 / 砾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礰 / 𰦦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 离
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 立
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 篥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 类
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糲 / 粝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綟 / 𫄫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翬 / 翚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茘 / 荔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒞 / 莅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藶 / 苈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠇
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠣 / 蛎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躒 / 跞
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轢 / 轹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轣 / 𫐆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酈 / 郦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉝 / 𫟷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎘 / 镉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑛 / 矿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隷 / 隶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隸 / 隶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靂 / 雳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝 / 𱂵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颯 / 飒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱱
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鳨
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴗 / 𫁡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷅 / 𫛽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷑 / 𱊢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麗 / 丽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㑦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒧 / 𠌯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒿 / 𰖩
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捩

## Ngbaka
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Ngbaka Manza
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

lì
* A gloss, a tinge

### Adjective

lì
* tinged, colored

## Southwest Gbaya
### Noun

lì
* water

### Further reading

* Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* lỳ

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [li˨˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [lɪj˦˩]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lɪj˨˩]

### Adjective

lì
* polished, smooth
* motionless
    ở lì ― to stay put
** 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):Bó nẹp rịt thuốc xong, trong đêm không dám về nhà, cứ ở lỳ trong chỉ huy sở doanh Toàn Tiệp.When he had tightened the medicine, he did not dare return home, so he stayed put in the Quánjié commandery.
* brassy, impudent

#### Derived terms

* lì lợm
* phẳng lì
* trơ lì