li

«li» in Mova's school dictionary: not a usual English word; it is most often a piece of a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

fragment or name; noun (li, li — a Chinese unit, rare in English)

meaning for a pupil

1) "Li" is not a usual English word; it is most often a piece of a longer word or a short form. tree →

2) In Chinese, a li is an old unit of length, about half a kilometre. tree →

3) Li is also a common Chinese family name, and "Li" is the chemical symbol for the metal lithium. tree →

sense in the lessons

Pupils meet "li" mostly as the symbol Li for lithium in science, as a family name in stories (Mr Li, Li Na), or as a broken piece of a word. In HTML (web pages) "li" marks one item of a list.

examples

• Li is the chemical symbol for lithium. tree →
• Mr Li runs the corner shop. tree →
• My friend Li Wei sits next to me in maths. tree →
• The old map measured the road in li, not miles. tree →
• In a web page, each list item starts with li. tree →
• The symbol Li has a capital L and a small i. tree →

note

Not a normal word to use in a sentence on its own; check whether it is a name (capital L), a symbol (Li, capital L) or a fragment of a longer word. Do not confuse with "lie" or "lee".

In the corpora

• A legend says Li Bai drowned reaching for the Moon's reflection, but he probably died of illness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «li» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.