九里

Chinese

		nine	li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad. (九里)		九	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǔlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔlǐ [Phonetic: jiúlǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Chiu³-li³
    • Yale: Jyǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoulii
    • Palladius: Цзюли (Czjuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² lei⁵
    • Yale: gáu léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/

Proper noun

九里

1. (～市) Guri (a city in South Korea)
2. (～鄉) Jiuli (a township in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
3. (～村) Jiuli (a village in Maoping, Zigui, Yichang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
九	里
く Grade: 1	り Grade: 2
goon

Proper noun

九(く)里(り) • (Kuri) 

1. a surname

   九里(くり)亜蓮(あれん) ― Kuri Aren ― Aren Kuri

2. a female given name
3. Guri (a city in South Korea)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
九	里
きゅう Grade: 1	り Grade: 2
kan’on

Proper noun

九(きゅう)里(り) • (Kyūri) 

1. Guri (a city in South Korea)
2. Jiuli District (a former district of Jiangsu, China)

Usage notes

The South Korean city may be pronounced either クリ (Kuri) or きゅうり (Kyūri).