市里

Chinese

		market; city	li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad. (市里)		市	里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁵ lei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shìlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhlii
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁵ lei⁵
  - Yale: síh léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁵ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁵ léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /siː¹³ lei̯¹³/

Noun

市里

The traditional li or Chinese mile, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chi (市尺 (shìchǐ)) or 150 zhang (市丈 (shìzhàng)), standardized in 1984 as half of a kilometer (500 meters).

Usage notes

In most contexts, this unit is simply written as 里 (lǐ). The form 市里 is encountered in modern situations where the writer wishes to be careful to distinguish the traditional li from the 公里 (gōnglǐ) or kilometer.

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