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Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [2] and more than 100 million in Asia. [3]
In traditional Confucian philosophy, li is an ethical concept broadly translatable as 'rite'. According to Wing-tsit Chan , li originally referred to religious sacrifices, but has come to mean 'ritual' in a broad sense, with possible translations including 'ceremony', 'ritual', 'decorum', 'propriety', and 'good form'.
Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 利 in Chinese character. It is pronounced Lei in Cantonese, and often spelled Lei in Hong Kong and overseas-Chinese communities. It is listed 364th in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames. [1] As of 2008, Li is the 299th most common surname in China. [2]
Li is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization (spelled Lí, Lǐ, or Lì when pinyin tone diacritics are used) of several distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Li 李 is by far the most common among them, shared by 93 million people in China, [1] and more than 100 million worldwide. [2]
Li or ri (Chinese: 里, lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, [citation needed] is a traditional Chinese unit of distance. The li has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English mile and now has a standardized length of a half- kilometer (500 meters or 1,640 feet or 0.311 miles ).
Li is well known and understood in the study, practice, and application of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Huangdi Neijing (Chinese: 黃帝內經; pinyin: Huángdì Nèijīng), meaning the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, is the most important ancient text for the study of Medical and Daoist theory and lifestyle.
In Ancient China, descendants of Shaohao were surnamed Li on Licheng County (黎城). During the Xia dynasty, descendants of Emperor Yao were surnamed Li (黎) in Licheng County (黎城). [citation needed] In Vietnam, some Chinese Li (黎) families changed their surname to Vietnamese Hà or Hồ (胡). [citation needed]
Li (short) (厘), a Chinese unit of length; Li (area) (厘), a Chinese unit of land area; Li (mass) or cash (unit) (厘), a Chinese unit of weight; Li (subdivision) (里), the basic level administrative subdivisions of the Republic of China; Li people (黎族), an ethnic group of China; Li language, or Hlai; Limburgish language (ISO 639-1 ...