| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 厘米 | 厘米 | lí mǐ | li2 mi3 | centimeter; also written 厘米 ; centimeter; also written 厘米 | ||
| 2 | 厘清 | 釐清 | lí qīng | li2 qing1 | to clarify (the facts); clarification | ||
| 3 | 析毫剖厘 | 析毫剖釐 | xī háo pōu lí | xi1 hao2 pou1 li2 | to analyze in the finest detail | ||
| 4 | 无厘头 | 無厘頭 | wú lí tóu | wu2 li2 tou2 | silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century | ||
| 5 | 梳乎厘 | 梳乎厘 | shū hū lí | shu1 hu1 li2 | soufflé (loanword) | ||
| 6 | 梳芙厘 | 梳芙厘 | shū fú lí | shu1 fu2 li2 | soufflé (loanword) | ||
| 7 | 市厘 | 市厘 | shì lí | shi4 li2 | li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter) | ||
| 8 | 失之毫厘，谬以千里 | 失之毫厘，謬以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | shi1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , miu4 yi3 qian1 li3 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | ||
| 9 | 失之毫厘，差之千里 | 失之毫釐，差之千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ | shi1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , cha4 zhi1 qian1 li3 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | ||
| 10 | 失之毫厘，差以千里 | 失之毫釐，差以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ | shi1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , cha4 yi3 qian1 li3 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | ||
| 11 | 立方厘米 | 立方厘米 | lì fāng lí mǐ | li4 fang1 li2 mi3 | cubic centimeter | ||
| 12 | 厘析 | 釐析 | lí xī | li2 xi1 | to analyze in detail | ||
| 13 | 厘升 | 厘升 | lí shēng | li2 sheng1 | centiliter | ||
| 14 | 巴厘 | 巴厘 | bā lí | Ba1 li2 | Bali Island; now written 巴厘 ; Bali (island province of Indonesia) | ||
| 15 | 厘克 | 厘克 | lí kè | li2 ke4 | centigram | ||
| 16 | 厘金 | 厘金 | lí jīn | li2 jin1 | a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion | ||
| 17 | 毫厘千里 | 毫釐千里 | háo lí qiān lǐ | hao2 li2 qian1 li3 | A small deviation may result in wide divergence. (idiom) | ||
| 18 | 毫厘不爽 | 毫釐不爽 | háo lí bù shuǎng | hao2 li2 bu4 shuang3 | not to deviate an iota (idiom); to be extremely accurate | ||
| 19 | 公厘 | 公釐 | gōng lí | gong1 li2 | decigram; millimeter | ||
| 20 | 车厘子 | 車釐子 | chē lí zi | che1 li2 zi5 | (American) cherry (loanword) | ||
| 21 | 差之毫厘，失之千里 | 差之毫釐，失之千里 | chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ | cha1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , shi1 zhi1 qian1 li3 | the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile | ||
| 22 | 差之毫厘，谬以千里 | 差之毫釐，謬以千里 | chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | cha1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , miu4 yi3 qian1 li3 | the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile | ||
| 23 | 巴厘岛 | 巴厘島 | bā lí dǎo | Ba1 li2 Dao3 | Bali (island in Indonesia) | ||
| 24 | 厘 | 厘 | lí | li2 | one hundredth; centi-; Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 ; variant of 厘 |
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