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里

lǐ · li/Lǐ · li

Traditional 裡 / 裏

HSK 1

Meaning

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lǐ 里

  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 / 镇 (zhèn) and neighborhood 鄰 / 邻 (lín) levels

lǐ 裡

  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 / 里 (lǐ)

Lǐ 里

  1. Li (surname)

lǐ 裏

  1. variant of 裡 / 里 (lǐ)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

教(jiào)室(shì)里(lǐ)没(méi)剩(shèng)下(xià)几(jǐ)个(gè)学(xué)生(sheng)了(le)。

There were few students remaining in the classroom.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gonnastop · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

黑(hēi)海(hǎi)里(lǐ)的(de)水(shuǐ)事(shì)实(shí)上(shàng)是(shì)黑(hēi)的(de)吗(ma)？

Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?

Tatoeba: Chinese by pig8322 · English by derpapottamus · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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