Meanings
plural Lisus
- A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.
2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303
- A Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lisu people.
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Loloish language spoken in West Yunnan Province, 11 prefectures, 63 counties, upper reaches of Salween and Mekong rivers, as well as Sichuan Province, southwest Liangshan prefecture
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Mandarin傈僳
- EnglishLisu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù), 𤠫𤢂, etc.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 傈僳, 傈僳族
- 傈僳 (Lìsù)member of ethnic group
- 傈僳族 (Lìsùzú)member of ethnic group
- 傈僳語 /傈僳语 (Lìsùyǔ)language
- 傈僳 (Lìsù)of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Lisu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisu
“Lisu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lisu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lisu.
Source: Lisu on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.