Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 俪文, 立文, 利文, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /li.wən/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 俪 (lì) meaning "husband and wife, couple", 立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish", or 利 (lì) meaning "benefit, advantage" combined with 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing". Other character combinations can form this name as well.