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Traditional:
Pinyin li IPA [li] Zhuyin ㄌㄧˇ
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 10 freq #75

Meaning

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).

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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