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哩

Cantonese · source Jyutpingle1#

(modal final particle similar to 呢 or 啦)

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglei1#

used in transliteration of loanwords

Cantonese · source Jyutpingli1#

used in transliteration of loanwords

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglei5#

mile

Cantonese · source Jyutpingli1#

indistinct
sporadic

About these definitions

Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

le11 · high level

lei11 · high level

li11 · high level

lei55 · low rising

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Reading difference from Unihan

哩 has the reading le1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is li1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 哩 le1 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

lele1—咧le2to stretch mouthle3—le4—le5—le6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

哩

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

哩 lǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinmile
哩 li CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(modal final particle similar to 呢 ne or 啦 la)

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: li5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 4 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

le5 · lei1 · lei5 · li1

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(archaic) mile

character

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

character

(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

character

(Dungan) Marks the perfective aspect.

character

(Wu) Used to indicate an interrogative perfective aspect.

character

(Wu) a meaningless particle

character

(Wu) only used in 哩伽塔

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