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Revision as of 21:04, 3 July 2013
Language(s) | Chinese |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Other names | |
Derivative(s) | Lý, Lê, Lee, Lei (surname) , Lai, Dy, Sy, Lie, Ri, Rhee, Yi |
Li is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames, including 李 (Lǐ), the second-most-common Chinese surname. In the United States, English "Li" was the 2084th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 519th most common surname during the 2000 census; however, the English transliteration "Lee" was the most common name among Asian and Pacific Islanders and is the most common romanization in the former British colonies of Singapore and Hong Kong as well.
Surnames transliterated as Li:
Various surnames
In the modern pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese Li may stand for several Chinese surnames. They take different tones, but even that is not sufficient to distinguish the names. The Chinese character and its original meaning often differ.
Some, but not all, are in the Baijiaxing list of the most common Chinese surnames.
No surnames take the first tone.
Second tone Lí
黎
Third tone Lǐ
李
- Li (surname meaning "plum"), (李), the most common Li or Lee surname
理
The surname Li (理) originated from the Minister for Law Gao Yao (皐陶) from the Shun period. Gao Yao was the father of Boyi (伯益) the origin of the Ying (嬴) family. later, some Li (理) family change surname to Li (李) or Li (里).
里
An alternate version of 理.
Fourth tone Lì
厲
- Li (surname meaning "whetstone") (厲, simplified 厉) No.247 in the Baijiaxiang
栗
- Li (surname meaning "chestnut") Lì (栗) No.249 in the Baijiaxiang
郦
The surname Li (郦) is No.303 in Baijiaxing. In ancient china, Li (郦)'s dialect is Yi, thst is original, Li is Beijing Chinese after Qing Dynasty. The original Li (郦) family from Feng (鳳) family of Fuxi of Ancient China 28th century BCE. in Xia Dynasty, Yu the Great's posterity lived the state of Li (郦) the later Jin (Chinese state), thus take surname Li (郦) from state name.
People with this surname include:
- Andrew Lih (郦), media researcher
利
- Li (surname meaning "profit") (利) No.364 in the Baijiaxiang
莉
From the 25th century BCE, the Hui people lived in the area of present-day Xinjiang, China. They were a mixed people including many speaking Indo-European languages (Persian, Sogdian, etc.) in the Qin and Han Dynasty. Many of these people adopted a Chinese Han script surname Li (莉) alongside their other names.