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(lǐ) surname Li

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(lǐ) plum

李世民 (w)

(lǐshìmín) Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649

李亚鹏 (w)

(lǐyàpéng) Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor

李亨 (w)

(lǐhēng) Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肃宗[Su4 zong1] (711-762), reigned 756-762

李代数 (w)

(lǐdàishù) Lie algebra (math.)

李代桃僵 (w)

(lǐdàitáojiāng) lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another; to carry the can for sb

李伯元 (w)

(lǐbóyuán) Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记

李俊 (w)

(lǐjùn) Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]

李修贤 (w)

(lǐxiūxián) Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director

李儇 (w)

(lǐxuān) Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗[Xi1 zhong1] (862-888), reigned 873-888

李元昊 (w)

(lǐyuánhào) Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏 in

李先念 (w)

(lǐxiānniàn) Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician

李光耀 (w)

(lǐguāngyào) Lee Kuan Yew (1923-), founding prime minister of Singapore 1959-1990

李克强 (w)

(lǐkèqiáng) Li Keqiang (1955-), PRC politician, deputy premier from 2008

李公朴 (w)

(lǐgōngpǔ) Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946

李冰 (w)

(lǐbīng) Li Bing (c 230 BC) historical hydraulic engineer of DuJiangYan 都江堰

李冰冰 (w)

(lǐbīngbīng) Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star

李劼人 (w)

(lǐjiérén) Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist

李卜克内西 (w)

(lǐbokènèixī) Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD

李叔同 (w)

(lǐshūtóng) Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture movement after the Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命 of 1911

李哲 (w)

(lǐzhé) Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗[Tang2 Zhong1 zong1] (656-710), reigned 705-710

李商隐 (w)

(lǐshāngyǐn) Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet

李嘉欣 (w)

(lǐjiāxīn) Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International

李嘉诚 (w)

(lǐjiāchéng) Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman

李四 (w)

(lǐsì) Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry

李四光 (w)

(lǐsìguāng) Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration

李国豪 (w)

(lǐguóháo) Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee

李大钊 (w)

(lǐdàzhāo) Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party

李天王 (w)

(lǐtiānwáng) the pagoda bearing god

李娃传 (w)

(lǐwázhuàn) Tale of courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot

李娜 (w)

(lǐnà) Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)

李子 (w)

(lǐzi) plum; CL:個|个[ge4]

李安 (w)

(lǐān) Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)

李宗仁 (w)

(lǐzōngrén) Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction

李富春 (w)

(lǐfùchūn) Li Fuchun (1900-1975), communist politician

李宁 (w)

(lǐníng) Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games

李宝嘉 (w)

(lǐbǎojiā) 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 官場現形記|官场现形记

李小龙 (w)

(lǐxiǎolóng) Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert

李岚清 (w)

(lǐlánqīng) Li Lanqing

李希霍芬 (w)

(lǐxīhuòfēn) Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路

李广 (w)

(lǐguǎng) Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴

李延寿 (w)

(lǐyánshòu) Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史

李建成 (w)

(lǐjiànchéng) Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变; Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy

李彦宏 (w)

(lǐyànhóng) Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company

李后主 (w)

(lǐhòuzhǔ) Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet; given name Li Yu 李煜

李德 (w)

(lǐdé) Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939

李德林 (w)

(lǐdélín) Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty

李忱 (w)

(lǐchén) Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗[Xuan1 zong1] (810-859), reigned 846-859

李恒 (w)

(lǐhéng) Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗[Mu4 Zong1] (795-824), reigned 821-825

李悝 (w)

(lǐkuī) Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2]

李怀远 (w)

(lǐhuáiyuǎn) Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official

李成桂 (w)

(lǐchéngguì) Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)

李成江 (w)

(lǐchéngjiāng) Li Chengjiang

李承晚 (w)

(lǐchéngwǎn) Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960

李振藩 (w)

(lǐzhènfān) Bruce Lee

李政道 (w)

(lǐzhèngdào) Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate

李敏勇 (w)

(lǐmǐnyǒng) Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet

李斯 (w)

(lǐsī) Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and Prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC

李斯特 (w)

(lǐsītè) Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer; Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist

李斯特氏杆菌 (w)

(lǐsītèshìgǎnjūn) listeria bacillus

李斯特氏菌 (w)

(lǐsītèshìjūn) listeria bacillus

李斯特菌 (w)

(lǐsītèjūn) Listeria monocytogene

李旦 (w)

(lǐdàn) Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 睿宗[Tang2 Rui4 zong1] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712

李昂 (w)

(lǐáng) Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗[Wen2 zong1] (809-840), reigned 827-840

李昉 (w)

(lǐfǎng) Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history

李昌镐 (w)

(lǐchānghào) Lee Chang-ho

李明博 (w)

(lǐmíngbó) Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, President of South Korea from 2007

李时珍 (w)

(lǐshízhēn) Lǐ Shízhēn (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of medical herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目

李晔 (w)

(lǐyè) Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗[Zhao1 zong1] (867-904), reigned 888-904

李会昌 (w)

(lǐhuìchāng) Lee Hoi-chang

李朝威 (w)

(lǐcháowēi) Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传

李木 (w)

(lǐmù) blackthorn

李林甫 (w)

(lǐlínfǔ) Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗

李格非 (w)

(lǐgéfēi) Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照

李树 (w)

(lǐshù) plum tree

李氏 (w)

(lǐshì) the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)

李氏朝鲜 (w)

(lǐshìcháoxiǎn) Korean during the Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)

李汝珍 (w)

(lǐrǔzhēn) Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror

李治 (w)

(lǐzhì) Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], (628-683), reigned 649-683

李洪志 (w)

(lǐhóngzhì) Li Hongzhi, founder of the Falunggong 法輪功|法轮功 spiritual movement

李渊 (w)

(lǐyuān) Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626

李清照 (w)

(lǐqīngzhào) Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet

李湛 (w)

(lǐzhàn) Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[Jing4 Zong1] (809-827), reigned 825-827

李沧 (w)

(lǐcāng) Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong

李沧区 (w)

(lǐcāngqū) Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong

李渔 (w)

(lǐyú) Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist

李漼 (w)

(lǐcuǐ) Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[Yi4 zong1] (833-873), reigned 859-873

李泽楷 (w)

(lǐzékǎi) Richard Li

李瀍 (w)

(lǐchán) Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-846), reigned 840-846

李煜 (w)

(lǐyù) Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet

李尔王 (w)

(lǐěrwáng) King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

李玟 (w)

(lǐwén) Coco Lee (1975-), pop singer, songwriter and actress

李瑞环 (w)

(lǐruìhuán) Li Ruihuan

李登辉 (w)

(lǐdēnghuī) Lee Teng-hui (1923-), Taiwanese politician, President of ROC 1988-2000

李白 (w)

(lǐbái) Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet

李百药 (w)

(lǐbǎiyào) Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书

李直夫 (w)

(lǐzhífū) Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style

李祝 (w)

(lǐzhù) Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[Ai1 di4] (892-908), reigned 904-907

李约瑟 (w)

(lǐyuēsè) Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China

李纯 (w)

(lǐchún) Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗[Xian4 zong1] (778-820), reigned 805-820

李绿园 (w)

(lǐlǜyuán) Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[qi2 lu4 deng1]

李维 (w)

(lǐwéi) Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian

李维史陀 (w)

(lǐwéishǐtuó) Lévi-Strauss (social anthropologist)

李缨 (w)

(lǐyīng) Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director

李群 (w)

(lǐqún) Lie group (math.)

李翱 (w)

(lǐáo) Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动

李耳 (w)

(lǐěr) Lao Zi

李肇星 (w)

(lǐzhàoxīng) Li Zhaoxing (PRC foreign minister)

李肇 (w)

(lǐzhào) Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official

李自成 (w)

(lǐzìchéng) Li ZiCheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty

李舜臣 (w)

(lǐshùnchén) Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders

李英儒 (w)

(lǐyīngrú) Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists

李卫公 (w)

(lǐwèigōng) Li Wei Gong; Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4]

李诚恩 (w)

(lǐchéngēn) Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

李诵 (w)

(lǐsòng) Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗[Shun4 zong1] (761-806), reigned 805-806

李豫 (w)

(lǐyù) Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗[Tai4 zong1] (727-779), reigned 762-779

李贺 (w)

(lǐhè) LiHe (790-816), Tang poet and author of 南园十三首

李贽 (w)

(lǐzhì) Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer

李适 (w)

(lǐkuò) Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[De2 Zong1], (742-805), reigned 779-805

李连杰 (w)

(lǐliánjié) Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director

李逵 (w)

(lǐkuí) Li Kui, character from the novel Water Margin

李远哲 (w)

(lǐyuǎnzhé) Yuan T. Lee (Taiwanese-born Chemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1986)

李重茂 (w)

(lǐchóngmào) Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710

李铁 (w)

(lǐtiě) Li Tie (1977-), footballer

李长春 (w)

(lǐchángchūn) Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician

李开复 (w)

(lǐkāifù) Lee Kai-Fu (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, from 2005 Vice president of Google and president of Google China

李陵 (w)

(lǐlíng) Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal

李隆基 (w)

(lǐlōngjī) personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] (685-762), reigned 712-756

李雪健 (w)

(lǐxuějiàn) Li Xuejian

李云娜 (w)

(lǐyúnnà) Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009; also written 李誠恩|李诚恩[Li3 Cheng2 en1]

李靖 (w)

(lǐjìng) Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of ”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang” 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 Dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 Shu1]

李显龙 (w)

(lǐxiǎnlóng) Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004

李鸿章 (w)

(lǐhóngzhāng) Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

李鹏 (w)

(lǐpéng) Li Peng (1928-), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tian'anmen clampdown

李丽珊 (w)

(lǐlìshān) Lee Lai Shan