| 里 | lǐ | li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern); home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative unit; Li (surname); lining; interior; inside; internal |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here; her |
| 那里 | nà li | there; that place |
| 心里 | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside; interior |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment |
| 城里 | chéng lǐ | in the city |
| 夜里 | yè lǐ | during the night; at night; nighttime |
| 平方公里 | píng fāng gōng lǐ | square-kilometer |
| 里边 | lǐ bian | inside |
| 表里 | biǎo lǐ | the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior |
| 里头 | lǐ tou | inside; interior |
| 索马里 | Suǒ mǎ lǐ | Somalia; omalia |
| 海里 | hǎi lǐ | nautical mile; marine |
| 里人 | lǐ rén | person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower |
| 马里 | Mǎ lǐ | Mali, West Africa |
| 里加 | Lǐ jiā | Riga, capital of Latvia |
| 斯里兰卡 | Sī lǐ lán kǎ | Sri Lanka; (formerly) Ceylon |
| 英里 | yīng lǐ | mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km.) |
| 毛里塔尼亚 | Máo lǐ tǎ ní yà | Mauritania |
| 阿里 | Ā lǐ | Ali (proper name); Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊玛目 of Shia Islam; Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris |
| 乡里 | xiāng lǐ | one's home town or village |
| 新德里 | Xīn Dé lǐ | New Delhi, capital of India |
| 里海 | Lǐ Hǎi | Caspian Sea |
| 利比里亚 | Lì bǐ lǐ yà | Liberia |
| 居里 | jū lǐ | curie (Ci) |
| 欧几里得 | Ōu jǐ lǐ dé | Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 几何原本 |
| 头里 | tóu lǐ | in front; in advance of the field |
| 里带 | lǐ dài | inner tube (of tire) |
| 里程 | lǐ chéng | long journey; mileage (distance); course of development |
| 里昂 | Lǐ áng | Lyon, French city on the Rhône |
| 吨公里 | dūn gōng lǐ | ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system) |
| 克里姆林宫 | Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng | the Kremlin |
| 巴里 | Bā lǐ | Bari (Puglia, Italy) |
| 华里 | huá lǐ | li (Chinese unit of distance) |
| 暗地里 | àn dì li | secretly; inwardly; on the sly |
| 心里话 | xīn li huà | (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind |
| 万里长城 | Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 千里马 | qiān lǐ mǎ | lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed |
| 里约热内卢 | Lǐ yuē rè nèi lú | Rio de Janeiro |
| 乌苏里江 | Wū sū lǐ jiāng | Ussuri River |
| 糊里糊涂 | hú lǐ hú tū | confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze |
| 衬里 | chèn lǐ | lining |
| 千里眼 | qiān lǐ yǎn | clairvoyance |
| 背地里 | bèi dì li | behind sb's back |
| 里程碑 | lǐ chéng bēi | milestone |
| 骨子里 | gǔ zi lǐ | what sb feels (or knows etc) in his bones (derog.); private understanding between individuals (derog.) |
| 墨索里尼 | Mò suǒ lǐ ní | Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943 |
| 马德里 | Mǎ dé lǐ | Madrid, capital of Spain |
