lì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"

Ali

Noun

lì

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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^(key): /ˈli/^*

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Hyphenation: lì
• (regional, Rome) IPA^(key): ^*/li/^*
• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

lì

1. there, in that place

   Synonym: là

2. the (used in dates in letters, although the etymologically correct option would be li, an archaic form of the article)

   Roma, lì 15 settembre 2025 ― Rome, the 15th of September 2025

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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• il, il-

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li³¹/

Verb

lì

1. (Patsho) thirst(to feel or express a need or desire for water; to thirst for water)

   khìam nǘ ôh tshòukǜ lìvàkǖ thīh kǖtǖh shīvâ nyè.

   I got very thirsty for water, so I got up and left.

2. (Patsho) change(to become different or to make somebody/something different)

   Tīamtīam tǘ mǖsá ānǜ shái lìvà ā shōng jē, hīenyīnyîkǜ lǖkǖhò.

   Sometimes you have to change your routine suddenly, even if it feels awkward at first.

3. (Patsho) wanting to pee; feeling the desire to urinate.

   Āchìm jīhkō, èi tsīeh nǜ òh séi tǘ līvākü tshòukü mìamkü tsōlǖchūhkǖ shūi kǖtǘh tsūivā nyê.

   In the middle of the sermon, I started to feel the need so badly that I had to get up and walk out, my face full of shame, to pee

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• li — nonstandard

Romanization

lì (li⁴, Zhuyin ㄌㄧˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 丽
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 例
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俐
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俪
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傈
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儮 / 𮯸
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儷 / 俪
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凓
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 利
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 力
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勵 / 励
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 历
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厤
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厯
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厲 / 厉
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叒
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吏
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呖
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唳
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚦 / 呖
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囇
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坜
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塛
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壢 / 坜
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婯
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屴
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岦
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巁
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悧
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悷
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慄 / 栗
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戻
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戾
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 换
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搮
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擼 / 撸
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攊
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攦 / 𰓬
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攭
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斄 / 𭤎
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暦, 曆 / 历
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曞
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朸
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栎
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栗
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栛
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栵
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棙
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫔
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫟 / 栎
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫪 / 枥
52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欐 / 𪲔
53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歴 / 历
54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歷 / 历
55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沥
56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沴
57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泣
58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浭
59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涖
60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淚 / 泪
61. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溧
62. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濼 / 泺
63. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濿 / 𪵱
64. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀝 / 沥
65. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爄 / 𤇃
66. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爏 / 𱪪
67. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犡
68. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猁
69. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珊
70. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珕
71. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琍
72. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑮
73. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓅 / 𬍛
74. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓑
75. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓥
76. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疠
77. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疬
78. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痢
79. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癘 / 疠
80. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癧 / 疬
81. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皪 / 𰤕
82. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盭
83. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矋
84. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砅
85. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砬
86. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砺
87. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
88. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磿
89. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礪 / 砺
90. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礫 / 砾
91. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礰 / 𰦦
92. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禲
93. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 离
94. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秝
95. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 立
96. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笠
97. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筣
98. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 篥
99. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 类
100. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粒
101. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粝
102. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糲 / 粝
103. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綟 / 𫄫
104. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纅
105. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翬 / 翚
106. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脷
107. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苈
108. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苙
109. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茘 / 荔
110. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荔
111. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莅
112. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莉
113. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒞 / 莅
114. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藶 / 苈
115. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚸
116. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛎
117. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛠
118. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜧
119. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝑
120. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝷
121. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟰
122. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠇
123. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠞
124. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠣 / 蛎
125. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠫
126. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詈
127. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讈
128. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赲
129. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躒 / 跞
130. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轢 / 轹
131. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轣 / 𫐆
132. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轹
133. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酈 / 郦
134. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉝 / 𫟷
135. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎘 / 镉
136. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑛 / 矿
137. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锹
138. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隶
139. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隷 / 隶
140. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隸 / 隶
141. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雠
142. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雳
143. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雴
144. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靂 / 雳
145. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靋
146. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝 / 𱂵
147. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颯 / 飒
148. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬁
149. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬲
150. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱱
151. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱳
152. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鳨
153. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴗 / 𫁡
154. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷅 / 𫛽
155. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷑 / 𱊢
156. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麗 / 丽
157. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麜
158. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㑦
159. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒧 / 𠌯
160. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒿 / 𰖩
161. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔏
162. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捩

Ngbaka

Noun

lì

1. 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

1. 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 ?

1. A gloss, a tinge

Adjective

lì

1. tinged, colored

Southwest Gbaya

Noun

lì

1. 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^(key): [li˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɪj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɪj˨˩]

Adjective

lì • (離)

1. polished, smooth
2. motionless

   ở lì ― to stay put

   • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:

     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.

3. brassy, impudent

Derived terms

• chai lì
• gan lì
• lầm lì
• lì lầm
• lì lịt
• lì lợm
• phẳng lì
• trơ lì