Difference between Li and Fifty-one

What is the difference between Li and Fifty-one?

Li as a noun is a traditional chinese unit of distance, now standardized to 500 metres. while Fifty-one as a numeral is the cardinal number immediately following fifty and preceding fifty-two.

Li

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A traditional Chinese unit of distance, now standardized to 500 metres. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams. A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

Fifty-one

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The cardinal number immediately following fifty and preceding fifty-two.

We hope you now know whether to use Li or Fifty-one in your sentence.

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