市里

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

市里

  1. The traditional li or Chinese mile, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chi (市尺 (shìchǐ)) or 150 zhang (市丈 (shìzhàng)), standardized in 1984 as half of a kilometer (500 meters).

Usage notes

In most contexts, this unit is simply written as 里 (lǐ). The form 市里 is encountered in modern situations where the writer wishes to be careful to distinguish the traditional li from the 公里 (gōnglǐ) or kilometer.

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