Meanings
dali1
Dali2
- A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
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.
2019 December 26, Alice Yan, “Meet the Chinese villager with supermodel looks”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2019, Society
Dali3
alternative Tali · alternative Ta-li
- A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
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,[…]
2008 March 3, Alfred Cang, “China tin mine collapse kills seven: report”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS1 more example
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.
[1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2 - A county-level city of Dali prefecture, Yunnan, China.
Synonyms: Dalifornia
Dali4
Dali5
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Dalí.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county-level city of Dali prefecture, Yunnan, China.
Origin
Dali · proper noun
- Mandarin大荔
- EnglishDali
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).
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- Mandarin大理
- EnglishDali
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).
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- Mandarin大瀝 /大沥
- EnglishDali
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 大荔
- 大荔 (daai⁶ lai⁶)county
Chinese Mandarin 大荔, 大理
- 大荔 (Dàlì)county
- 大理 (Dàlǐ)Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
- 大理 (Dàlǐ)city in Yunnan
- 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì)town in Guangdong
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Cite this entry
dali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dali
“dali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dali. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dali,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dali.
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