里 Traditional: 裡
Pinyin IPA [li] Zhuyin
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 10 freq #75
Meaning
- noun 名词
- inner
- inside
- interior
Inside, the interior — a location word placed after a noun: 家里 is "at home / inside the house", school 学校里 is "in the school". Its opposite is 外 (outside).
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
Examples
| 看那里。 | kàn nà lǐ | Look there. |
| 这里有人 | zhè lǐ yǒu rén | Somebody's in here. |
| 你在这里。 | nǐ zài zhè lǐ | You're here. |
Other Pronunciations 多音字
[lǐ] li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels beyond HSK 1 usage
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