Dali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dali"

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).

Pronunciation

• enPR: däʹlēʹ
• Hyphenation: Da‧li

Proper noun

Dali

1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
   • 2019 December 26, Alice Yan, “Meet the Chinese villager with supermodel looks”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 December 2019, Society‎^[3]:

     Wen Fang, who lives in Dali county in the northwest province of Shaanxi, made a name posting photos and videos of himself dressed in women’s fashion and strutting his stuff through his village.

Translations

county

• Central Bai: Dallit sil, Darl•lit, Guiphet
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大荔 (daai⁶ lai⁶)

  Mandarin: 大荔 (zh) (Dàlì)

• Hani: Dafli
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).

Alternative forms

• Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Dali

1. A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
   • [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[5], volume X, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2:

     Away over in South-west China, in the Tali prefecture of Yunnan Province, there lies Chungtien County. Set amongst a tumbled mass of mountains rising to the snow line, it is not easily accessible.]

   • 2008 March 3, Alfred Cang, “China tin mine collapse kills seven: report”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS‎^[7]:

     Eight people entered an abandoned tin mine in the province’s Dali autonomous prefecture on Saturday night, and their excavation caused the mine to cave in, […]

2. A city in Yunnan, China.

   Synonym: (nickname) Dalifornia

3. A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.

Related terms

• Dalifornia

Translations

Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

city in Yunnan

• Bai: Dallit sil, Darl•lit, Guiphet
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

• Hani: Dafli

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 / 大沥 (Dàlì).

Alternative forms

• Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Dali

1. A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.

Translations

town in Guangdong

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大瀝 / 大沥 (zh) (Dàlì)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Dali

2. Alternative spelling of Dalí.

Derived terms

• Daliesque

Anagrams

• Dail, Dial, dial, dial., laid