市里

shìlǐ
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)

CEDICT

The traditional li or Chinese mile, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chi (市尺 (shìchǐ)) or 150 zhang (市丈 (shìzhàng)), standardized in 1984 as half of a kilometer (500 meters).

Wiktionary

非法定長度單位，傳統上等同於1500尺（市尺(shìchǐ)）或150丈（市丈(shìzhàng)），1984年標準化為1公里的一半（500公尺）。

維基詞典

Examples

我们的足球队打败了市里所有其他队。

Our football team defeated all the other teams in the city.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
=2 里 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 zhèn and neighborhood 鄰 lín levels

Related entries

市厘 shìlí li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter)
華里 huálǐ li (Chinese unit of distance)