市里 shìlǐ li Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shìlǐ li 市 shì [traditional units] refers to the Chinese system of weights and measures, such as 市斤 shìjīn or 市尺 shìchǐ里 lǐ noun li unit of distance, currently standardized as 500 meters or half a kilometer; historically approximately 300 or 360 pacesshìlǐ in the city 市 shì noun city a city, town, or urban area里 裡 lǐ locative inside internal; interior; inside