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市里
市里
Chinese
| market; city | li, a Chinese unit of length | ||
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simp. and trad. (市里) |
市 | 里 | |
Noun
市里
- 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.