Chinese words starting with 李 (lǐ)
139 words.
- 李自成 Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
- 李鸿章 Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 李大钊 Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
- 李逵 Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水浒全传 shuǐhǔquánzhuàn
- 李先念 Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician
- 李鹏 Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
- 李肇星 Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
- 李俊 Li Jun, fictional character from 水浒传 shuǐhǔzhuàn
- 李娜 Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title
- 李白 Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
- 李时珍 Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草纲目 běncǎogāngmù
- 李子 plum
- 李四光 Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
- 李岚清 Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician
- 李瑞环 Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician
- 李世民 Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 tángtàizōng (599-649), reigned 626-649
- 李铁 Li Tie (1977-), footballer
- 李宗仁 Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
- 李氏 the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty
- 李渊 Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 tánggāozǔ (566-635), reigned 618-626
- 李舜臣 Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
- 李四 Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 张三 zhāngsān, 李四, 王五 wángwǔ Tom, Dick and Harry
- 李林甫 Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
- 李登辉 Lee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988–2000
- 李承晚 Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
- 李靖 Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李卫公问对 tángtàizōnglǐwèigōngwènduì, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 wǔjīngqīshū
- 李斯 Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
- 李煜 Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李后主, a renowned poet
- 李德 Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
- 李嘉诚 Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
- 李政道 Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
- 李清照 Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
- 李商隐 Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
- 李宁 Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
- 李隆基 personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 tángxuánzōng (685-762), reigned 712-756
- 李冰 Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰 dūjiāngyàn irrigation system in Sichuan
- 李悝 Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏国 wèiguó
- 李国豪 Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
- 李广 Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- 李斯特 Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
- 李开复 Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
- 李富春 Li Fuchun (1900–1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC
- 李公朴 Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
- 李建成 Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武门之变
- 李昌镐 Lee Chang-ho (1975–), South Korean professional Go player
- 李贽 Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
- 李约瑟 Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
- 李光耀 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
- 李叔同 Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化运动 xīnwénhuàyùndòng after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 xīnhàigémìng of 1911
- 李彦宏 Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度 bǎidù, a PRC Internet company
- 李尔王 King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
- 李元昊 Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏 xīxià around modern Ningxia 宁夏 níngxià
- 李显龙 Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 lǐguāngyào, prime minister from 2004
- 李亚鹏 Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor
- 李后主 Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet
- 李宇春 Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
- 李小龙 Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
- 李成桂 Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty
- 李卫公 Li Wei Gong
- 李源潮 Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018
- 李连杰 Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
- 李嘉欣 Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
- 李延寿 Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
- 李百药 Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齐书
- 李长春 Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
- 李克强 Li Keqiang (1955–2023), PRC politician, premier 2013–2023
- 李重茂 Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殇帝 tángshāngdì (c. 695-715), reigned 710
- 李汝珍 Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
- 李伯元 Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官场现形记
- 李天王 the pagoda bearing god
- 李宝嘉 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 官场现形记
- 李直夫 Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 杂剧 zájù style
- 李代桃僵 lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
- 李修贤 Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
- 李冰冰 Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
- 李德林 Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
- 李朝威 Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 传奇, author of 柳毅传
- 李泽楷 Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
- 李洪志 Li Hongzhi (1951–), founder of Falun Gong 法轮功 fǎlúngōng
- 李维斯 Levi's
- 李远哲 Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
- 李雪健 Li Xuejian (1954-), Chinese actor
- 李宗盛 Jonathan Lee (1958–), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
- 李明博 Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
- 李沧区 Licang, a district of Qingdao City 青岛市 qīngdǎoshì, Shandong
- 李铁拐 Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 bāxiān in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
- 李丽珊 Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
- 李亨 Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肃宗 sùzōng (711-762), reigned 756-762
- 李代数 Lie algebra
- 李会昌 Lee Hoi-chang (1935-), South Korean politician
- 李儇 Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗 xīzhōng (862-888), reigned 873-888
- 李冶 Li Jilan 李季兰 lǐjìlán or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- 李劼人 Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist
- 李哲 Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 tángzhōngzōng (656-710), reigned 705-710
- 李天禄 Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
- 李娃传 Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行简 báixíngjiǎn along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
- 李季兰 Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 lǐyě (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- 李安 Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director
- 李希霍芬 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 丝绸之路
- 李忱 Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗 xuānzōng (810-859), reigned 846-859
- 李怀远 Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
- 李恒 Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗 mùzōng (795-824), reigned 821-825
- 李成江 Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
- 李振藩 Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龙 lǐxiǎolóng
- 李敏勇 Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet
- 李斯特氏杆菌 listeria bacillus
- 李斯特氏菌 listeria bacillus
- 李斯特菌 Listeria monocytogene
- 李旦 Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 tángruìzōng (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
- 李昂 Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 wénzōng (809-840), reigned 827-840
- 李昉 Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history
- 李晔 Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 zhāozōng (867-904), reigned 888-904
- 李木 blackthorn
- 李树 plum tree
- 李格非 Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
- 李氏朝鲜 Joseon, last Korean dynasty
- 李治 Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗 tánggāozōng, (628-683), reigned 649-683
- 李渔 Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
- 李湛 Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗 jìngzōng (809-827), reigned 825-827
- 李漼 Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗 yìzōng (833-873), reigned 859-873
- 李瀍 Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗 wǔzōng (814-846), reigned 840-846
- 李玟 Coco Lee (1975–2023), pop singer, songwriter and actress
- 李祝 Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝 āidì (892-908), reigned 904-907
- 李纯 Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 宪宗 xiànzōng (778-820), reigned 805-820
- 李维 Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
- 李维史陀 Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
- 李绿园 Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路灯 qílùdēng
- 李缨 Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
- 李群 Lie group
- 李翱 Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韩愈 hányù in promoting classical writing 古文运动 gǔwényùndòng
- 李耳 Lao Zi
- 李英儒 Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
- 李诵 Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 顺宗 shùnzōng (761-806), reigned 805-806
- 李豫 Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 tàizōng (727-779), reigned 762-779
- 李贺 Li He (790-816), Tang poet
- 李适 Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗 dézōng, (742-805), reigned 779-805
- 李陵 Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
- 李鬼 false hero
- 李鸿章杂碎 chop suey
139 words.
- 李自成 Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
- 李鴻章 Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 李大釗 Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
- 李逵 Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水浒全传 shuǐhǔquánzhuàn
- 李先念 Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician
- 李鵬 Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
- 李肇星 Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
- 李俊 Li Jun, fictional character from 水浒传 shuǐhǔzhuàn
- 李娜 Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title
- 李白 Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
- 李時珍 Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草纲目 běncǎogāngmù
- 李子 plum
- 李四光 Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
- 李嵐清 Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician
- 李瑞環 Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician
- 李世民 Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 tángtàizōng (599-649), reigned 626-649
- 李鐵 Li Tie (1977-), footballer
- 李宗仁 Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
- 李氏 the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty
- 李淵 Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 tánggāozǔ (566-635), reigned 618-626
- 李舜臣 Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
- 李四 Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 张三 zhāngsān, 李四, 王五 wángwǔ Tom, Dick and Harry
- 李林甫 Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
- 李登輝 Lee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988–2000
- 李承晚 Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
- 李靖 Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李卫公问对 tángtàizōnglǐwèigōngwènduì, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 wǔjīngqīshū
- 李斯 Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
- 李煜 Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李后主, a renowned poet
- 李德 Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
- 李嘉誠 Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
- 李政道 Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
- 李清照 Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
- 李商隱 Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
- 李寧 Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
- 李隆基 personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 tángxuánzōng (685-762), reigned 712-756
- 李冰 Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰 dūjiāngyàn irrigation system in Sichuan
- 李悝 Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏国 wèiguó
- 李國豪 Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
- 李廣 Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- 李斯特 Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
- 李開復 Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
- 李富春 Li Fuchun (1900–1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC
- 李公樸 Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
- 李建成 Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武门之变
- 李昌鎬 Lee Chang-ho (1975–), South Korean professional Go player
- 李贄 Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
- 李約瑟 Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
- 李光耀 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
- 李叔同 Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化运动 xīnwénhuàyùndòng after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 xīnhàigémìng of 1911
- 李彥宏 Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度 bǎidù, a PRC Internet company
- 李爾王 King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
- 李元昊 Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏 xīxià around modern Ningxia 宁夏 níngxià
- 李顯龍 Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 lǐguāngyào, prime minister from 2004
- 李亞鵬 Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor
- 李後主 Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet
- 李宇春 Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
- 李小龍 Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
- 李成桂 Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty
- 李衛公 Li Wei Gong
- 李源潮 Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018
- 李連杰 Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
- 李嘉欣 Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
- 李延壽 Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
- 李百藥 Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齐书
- 李長春 Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
- 李克強 Li Keqiang (1955–2023), PRC politician, premier 2013–2023
- 李重茂 Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殇帝 tángshāngdì (c. 695-715), reigned 710
- 李汝珍 Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
- 李伯元 Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官场现形记
- 李天王 the pagoda bearing god
- 李寶嘉 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 官场现形记
- 李直夫 Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 杂剧 zájù style
- 李代桃僵 lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
- 李修賢 Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
- 李冰冰 Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
- 李德林 Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
- 李朝威 Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 传奇, author of 柳毅传
- 李澤楷 Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
- 李洪志 Li Hongzhi (1951–), founder of Falun Gong 法轮功 fǎlúngōng
- 李維斯 Levi's
- 李遠哲 Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
- 李雪健 Li Xuejian (1954-), Chinese actor
- 李宗盛 Jonathan Lee (1958–), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
- 李明博 Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
- 李滄區 Licang, a district of Qingdao City 青岛市 qīngdǎoshì, Shandong
- 李鐵拐 Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 bāxiān in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
- 李麗珊 Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
- 李亨 Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肃宗 sùzōng (711-762), reigned 756-762
- 李代數 Lie algebra
- 李會昌 Lee Hoi-chang (1935-), South Korean politician
- 李儇 Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗 xīzhōng (862-888), reigned 873-888
- 李冶 Li Jilan 李季兰 lǐjìlán or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- 李劼人 Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist
- 李哲 Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 tángzhōngzōng (656-710), reigned 705-710
- 李天祿 Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
- 李娃傳 Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行简 báixíngjiǎn along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
- 李季蘭 Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 lǐyě (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- 李安 Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director
- 李希霍芬 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 丝绸之路
- 李忱 Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗 xuānzōng (810-859), reigned 846-859
- 李懷遠 Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
- 李恆 Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗 mùzōng (795-824), reigned 821-825
- 李成江 Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
- 李振藩 Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龙 lǐxiǎolóng
- 李敏勇 Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet
- 李斯特氏桿菌 listeria bacillus
- 李斯特氏菌 listeria bacillus
- 李斯特菌 Listeria monocytogene
- 李旦 Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 tángruìzōng (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
- 李昂 Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 wénzōng (809-840), reigned 827-840
- 李昉 Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history
- 李曄 Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 zhāozōng (867-904), reigned 888-904
- 李木 blackthorn
- 李樹 plum tree
- 李格非 Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
- 李氏朝鮮 Joseon, last Korean dynasty
- 李治 Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗 tánggāozōng, (628-683), reigned 649-683
- 李漁 Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
- 李湛 Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗 jìngzōng (809-827), reigned 825-827
- 李漼 Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗 yìzōng (833-873), reigned 859-873
- 李瀍 Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗 wǔzōng (814-846), reigned 840-846
- 李玟 Coco Lee (1975–2023), pop singer, songwriter and actress
- 李祝 Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝 āidì (892-908), reigned 904-907
- 李純 Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 宪宗 xiànzōng (778-820), reigned 805-820
- 李維 Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
- 李維史陀 Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
- 李綠園 Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路灯 qílùdēng
- 李纓 Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
- 李群 Lie group
- 李翱 Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韩愈 hányù in promoting classical writing 古文运动 gǔwényùndòng
- 李耳 Lao Zi
- 李英儒 Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
- 李誦 Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 顺宗 shùnzōng (761-806), reigned 805-806
- 李豫 Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 tàizōng (727-779), reigned 762-779
- 李賀 Li He (790-816), Tang poet
- 李适 Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗 dézōng, (742-805), reigned 779-805
- 李陵 Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
- 李鬼 false hero
- 李鴻章雜碎 chop suey
The other words built from 李
- Words ending with 李 8 words
- Words containing 李 14 words