| 1 | 李 | 李 | lǐ | Li3 | plum; surname Li | | |
| 2 | 李宗仁 | 李宗仁 | lǐ zōng rén | Li3 Zong1 ren2 | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction | | |
| 3 | 李鹏 | 李鵬 | lǐ péng | Li3 Peng2 | Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown | | |
| 4 | 李大钊 | 李大釗 | lǐ dà zhāo | Li3 Da4 zhao1 | Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party | | |
| 5 | 李鸿章 | 李鴻章 | lǐ hóng zhāng | Li3 Hong2 zhang1 | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | | |
| 6 | 李时珍 | 李時珍 | lǐ shí zhēn | Li3 Shi2 zhen1 | Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草纲目 | | |
| 7 | 李白 | 李白 | lǐ bái | Li3 Bai2 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | | |
| 8 | 李百药 | 李百藥 | lǐ bǎi yào | Li3 Bai3 yao4 | Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齐书 | | |
| 9 | 李朝威 | 李朝威 | lǐ cháo wēi | Li3 Chao2 wei1 | Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 传奇 , author of 柳毅传 | | |
| 10 | 李长春 | 李長春 | lǐ cháng chūn | Li3 Chang2 chun1 | Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician | | |
| 11 | 李昌镐 | 李昌鎬 | lǐ chāng hào | Li3 Chang1 hao4 | Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player | | |
| 12 | 李沧区 | 李滄區 | lǐ cāng qū | Li3 cang1 qu1 | Licang district of Qingdao city 青岛市 , Shandong | | |
| 13 | 李沧 | 李滄 | lǐ cāng | Li3 cang1 | Licang district of Qingdao city 青岛市 , Shandong | | |
| 14 | 李卜克内西 | 李卜克內西 | lǐ bo kè nèi xī | Li3 bo5 ke4 nei4 xi1 | Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD | | |
| 15 | 李伯元 | 李伯元 | lǐ bó yuán | Li3 Bo2 yuan2 | Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官场现形记 | | |
| 16 | 李冰 | 李冰 | lǐ bīng | Li3 Bing1 | Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰 irrigation system in Sichuan | | |
| 17 | 李宝嘉 | 李寶嘉 | lǐ bǎo jiā | Li3 Bao3 jia1 | Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官场现形记 | | |
| 18 | 李翱 | 李翱 | lǐ áo | Li3 Ao2 | Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文运动 | | |
| 19 | 李昂 | 李昂 | lǐ áng | Li3 Ang2 | Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 (809-840), reigned 827-840 | | |
| 20 | 瓜田李下 | 瓜田李下 | guā tián lǐ xià | gua1 tian2 li3 xia4 | abbr. for 瓜田不納履 ,瓜田不纳履 ,李下不整冠 | | |
| 21 | 瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠 | 瓜田不納履,李下不整冠 | guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān | gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 , li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1 | lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom); fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion; innocent acts may be misconstrued | | |
| 22 | 大马士革李 | 大馬士革李 | dà mǎ shì gé lǐ | Da4 ma3 shi4 ge2 li3 | damson (fruit) | | |
| 23 | 大李杜 | 大李杜 | dà lǐ dù | Da4 Li3 Du4 | Li Bai 李白 | | |
| 24 | 槜李 | 槜李 | zuì lǐ | Zui4 li3 | plum with bright red skin; ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province | | |
| 25 | 蔡李佛 | 蔡李彿 | cài lǐ fó | cai4 li3 fo2 | Cai Li Fo, Choy Li Fut, Choy Lay Fut, Choi Lei Fut, Choy Lai Fut, Choy Ley Fut, Choi Lei Faht, Tsai Li Fo, Choi Leih Faht - Martial Art | | |