Li (unit)

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"Wu-Li - 五里 " means "five miles"
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Official Anping Bridge - Song Time , Jinjiang 2012

Li ( Chinese  里 , Pinyin lǐ , Jyutping lei 5 , also 市里 , shìlǐ , Jyutping si 5 lei 5  - “literally market li ”) is a traditional Chinese measure of length . Today it is set at exactly 500 meters . It is also known as huálǐ , literally Chinese mile ( 華里  /  华里 ).

history

Historically and regionally, its size has varied considerably in the past. In the treaty ports that were approached during the time of the German Empire , 1 Li was converted to 644.58 m, 575.5 m or 447.19 m, depending on the region. In the former German colony of Kiautschou , 1 Li = 500 m was already valid at that time. The Great Wall was also called the 10,000 Li Wall ( 萬里長城  /  万里长城 , Wànlǐ Chángchéng  - “better: the ten thousand Chinese miles long“ protective ”wall”), whereby the term wàn ( 萬  /  万 ) is not used literally as exactly 10,000, but in the figurative sense as "immeasurably large number" ( myriad ).

Further meaning

The unit Lǐ ( 里 , Jyutping lei 5 ) for mile is pronounced in the third tone . It is generally used in Chinese metrology for lengths of this order of magnitude. The kilometer is called gōnglǐ - literally “metric mile” ( 公里 ), the English mile yīnglǐ - literally “English mile” ( 英里 ) and the nautical mile hǎilǐ - literally “nautical mile” ( 海里 ).

Note that there is another unit of length Lí ( 釐  /  厘 , Jyutping lei 4 ) pronounced in the second tone and spelled differently in Chinese. Today this unit is defined as 1/3 mm and is hardly used anymore. Furthermore, the term Lí ( 釐  /  厘 , Jyutping lei 4 ) is used today in Chinese metrology as a prefix for "Zenti-" , e.g. B. Límǐ ( 釐米  /  厘米 , Jyutping lei 4 mai 5 ), i.e. the centimeter .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Term "Li_Meile (里)": (Chinese, English) [1] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  2. ↑ Term "Li_Meile (里)": (Chinese, German) [2] On: dict.leo.org, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  3. ↑ term "Li_Meile (里)": (Chinese) [3] On: dict.revised.moe.edu.tw, accessed on May 12, 2018 - Online
  4. ↑ Weights and measures in the German Empire (Kaiserreich) and the German colonies, accessed on www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de on April 15, 2014
  5. ↑ Ming Tombs & Wild Great Wall Retrieved from www.hiddenchina.net on April 15, 2014
  6. ↑ The character gong ( 公 , gōng ) in the term gongli ( 公里 ) stands for gongzhi ( 公制 , gōngzhì ) and means " according to the general system ", so gongli ( 公里 ) means exactly translated " mile according to the general system ": ( Chinese, English) [4] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - online
  7. ↑ The character ying ( 英 , yīng ) in the term yingli ( 英里 ) stands for yingzhi ( 英制 , yīngzhì ) and means " according to the English system ", so yingli ( 英里 ) means exactly translated " mile according to the English system ": ( Chinese, English) [5] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - online
  8. ↑ Term “yingli_ (英里)”: (Chinese, German) [6] On: dict.leo.org, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  9. ↑ The symbol hai ( 海 , hǎi ) in the term haili ( 海里 ) stands for haizhi ( 海 制 , hǎizhì ) and means " according to the nautical system ", so haili ( 海里 ) means exactly translated " mile according to the nautical system ": (Chinese, English) [7] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - online
  10. ↑ Term "Li_Zenti- (釐 / 厘)": (Chinese) [8] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  11. ↑ Term “Li_Zenti- (釐 / 厘)”: (Chinese, German) [9] On: dict.leo.org, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  12. ↑ Term "Limi_Zentimeter (釐米 / 厘米)": (Chinese) [10] On: www.zdic.net, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online
  13. ↑ Term "Limi_Zentimeter (釐米 / 厘米)": (Chinese, German) [11] On: dict.leo.org, accessed on January 19, 2018 - Online