common
technical
loanword

Meaning of

哩 means old term for mile. Pronounced lǐ.

  • old term for mile

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

Zhè
duàn
yǒu
shí
yuǎn
 

This stretch of road is fifty miles long.

chē
shí
kāi
dào
le
liù
shí
 

The car was driving at sixty miles per hour.

pǎo
le
sān
jiù
lèi
de
xíng
le
 

He got exhausted after running three miles.

Zhè
ge
huàn
suàn
xià
lái
yuē
shì
shí
 

This distance converts to about ten miles.

Zǎo
de
jiāo
tōng
biāo
zhì
cháng
yòng
zuò
wéi
dān
wèi
 

Early traffic signs often used miles as the unit of measurement.