noun
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). (syn.) 华里, 華里
市里 [--]
Jyutping Pinyin
shì lǐ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
我们的乐队刚起步时,只有小城市里的小俱乐部雇我们。
我們的樂隊剛起步時,只有小城市里的小俱樂部僱我們。
wǒ men de yuè duì gāng qǐ bù shí , zhǐ yǒu xiǎo chéng shì lǐ de xiǎo jù lè bù gù wǒ men 。
When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.