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哩

Mandarin · pinyin lǐ#

mile

Mandarin · pinyin li#

(modal final particle similar to 呢 ne or 啦 la)

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哩: lī · mile

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3 · li3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

le5 · lei1 · lei5 · li1

Cantonese word readings for 哩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(archaic) mile

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used in 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā) and 哩哩囉囉／哩哩羅羅 (līliluōluō)

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(at the end of declarative sentence) Used to indicate continuation of a state or action.
Used to stress a declaration.
Placed after each item of a list

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(Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

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(Wu) Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.

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(Wu) a meaningless particle

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(Wu) only used in 哩伽塔

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