# Li
## Translingual
### Symbol

Li
* (chemistry) Chemical symbol for lithium.

## English
### Etymology 1

Transcription of 李 (Lǐ)

#### Alternative forms

* (Chinese name): Lee

#### Proper noun

Li
* A surname from Chinese
** 2024 March 18, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, “A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media followers”, in CNN‎:Under the post, Li shared screenshots of private messages he received from followers who said they were interrogated by police.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Transcription of 黎 (Lí)

#### Alternative forms

* Lai (via Cantonese)
* Le (via Vietnamese)

#### Proper noun

Li
* A surname from Chinese

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Transcription of 理 (Lǐ)

#### Proper noun

Li
* A surname from Chinese

##### Translations
### Etymology 4

From Mandarin 禮 / 礼 (Lǐ).

#### Proper noun

Li
* A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
** [1995 October, “Qishan Fort: Zhuge's Commanding Camp”, in China Tourism‎, number 183, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:The West Hanshui River flows through the flatland of Qishan Township east of Lixian County, Gansu Province. […] Zhuge launched his first northern expedition. He arrived at Qishan Mountain in Lixian County, where he set up his headquarters on the shore of the West Hanshui River.]

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Li Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1728, column 2

### Etymology 5

Transcription of 漓 (Lí)

#### Proper noun

Li
* A river in Guangxi, China
** 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited‎, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 153:After breakfast the next day, Ho Li-chih came to invite Yang Shu-tien and me to the Li River for a boat trip to another county, Yang-shuo.
** 1985, Steven W. Mosher, Journey To The Forbidden China‎, Collier Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54f:Cormorant fishing on the Li River near Kweilin. With increasingly serious water pollution, fishing with cormorants is becoming a rare sight in China.
** 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 436–437:Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside.
** 2011, Andrew Forbes, China‎, APA Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:Days 3-5: Guilin and Yangshuo. Marvel at the extraordinary scenery lining the banks of the serene Li River.
** 2021 April 27, Echo Xie, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 27 April 2021, China / Politics:In Guilin, the second-largest city in Guangxi, Xi took a boat to inspect the ecological condition of the Li River, a popular tourist destination. The river stretches more than 400km (250 miles) through karst hills and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Li.

##### Translations
### Etymology 6

From Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).

#### Alternative forms

* Lee, Rhee, Ri, I, Yi, Rey, Rhie

#### Proper noun

Li
* A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee

### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Li is the 273rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111,786 individuals. Li is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.

### Anagrams

* I'l, IL, il-

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* Dy, Dee, Lee

### Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien 李 (Lí).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli/ [ˈl̪i]

### Proper noun

Li (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒ)
* a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

## German
### Etymology

Transcription of Chinese 李 (Lǐ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liː/

### Proper noun

Li m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lis or (with an article) Li, feminine genitive Li, plural Lis)
* a surname from Chinese
** Wenchao Li (born 1957), philosopher, author, and editor
*** 2007 August 15th, Juliane Wedemeyer, “Zwischen zwei Welten”, in Tagesspiegel PNN, Homepage:Vergilbte Pappkästen reihen sich darin aneinander. In ihnen liegt die Arbeit von mehr als 100 Jahren Leibniz-Forschung – die Dokumente von Wenchao Lis Vorgängern, den Leitern der Potsdamer Leibniz-Edition: „Darauf kann Deutschland stolz sein“, sagt Li.Yellowed cardboard boxes are lined up next to each other. They contain the work of more than 100 years of Leibniz research – the documents of Wenchao Li’s predecessors, the directors of the Potsdam Leibniz Edition: “Germany can be proud of this,” says Li.

#### Declension

$^1$With an article.

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* Lie

### Etymology 1

From Hakka 李 (lǐ).

#### Proper noun

Li
* a surname from Hakka

### Etymology 2

From Hakka 呂／吕 (lǚ).

#### Proper noun

Li
* a surname from Hakka

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* Dy, Dee, Lee

### Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 李 (Lǐ), spelled as such under the Mandarin Pinyin system. Also likely influenced by Hokkien 李 (Lí).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈli/ [ˈli]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: Li

### Proper noun

Li (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒ)
* a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin

#### Statistics

* According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Li is the 9,014th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,867 individuals.

### See also

* Huang
* Wu
* Wang
* Liu

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* Ly

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [li˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [lɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lɪj˧˧]
* Homophone: li

### Proper noun

Li
* a female given name from Chinese