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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǐ | li3
English translation
variant of
>[lǐ]
lining
interior
inside
internal
also written
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
Li (surname)
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

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Number of strokes

7

Radical frequency

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

Learning hint

Unit of measure for farm Tián land 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

田土 tián tǔ

Explanation

A village () is an area of land () where people have fields ( Tián ). In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "inside", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character .

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回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

jiào 哈里 Hā lǐ kuài xiē .

Tell Harry to get a move on.

jiǎng le 半天 bàn tiān , 还是 háishi 糊里糊.

After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser.

zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
inside
这里 zhè lǐ here這裏
那里 nà li there那裏
哪里 nǎ lǐ where?哪裏
里面 lǐ miàn inside裡面
心里 xīn li chest心裡
家里 jiā lǐ home家裡
公里 gōnglǐ kilometer公里 gōnglǐ
英里 Yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)英里 Yīng lǐ
村里 cūn lǐ village村里 cūn lǐ
手里 shǒu lǐ in hand手裡
夜里 yè li at night夜裡
平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ
怀里 huái lǐ embrace懷裡
嘴里 zuǐ lǐ mouth嘴裡
哈里 Hā lǐ Harry or Hari (name)哈里 Hā lǐ
阿里 Ā lǐ Ali (proper name)阿里 Ā lǐ
里头 lǐ tou inside裡頭
马德里 Mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain馬德裡
里边 lǐ bian inside裡邊
市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)市里 shì lǐ
海里 hǎi lǐ nautical mile海里 hǎi lǐ

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • chóng
      • Dǒng
        • dǒng ,
      • dòng
        • xx
      • zhōng
      • zhǒng , zhǒng , zhǒng , chòng , dòng , tuǎn , zhōng , , , , , , , , , , zhǒng , , , ,
    • liáng
    • Tóng
      • zhuàng , chuáng , tóng , chōng , tóng , chuáng , tóng , tóng , tóng , Zhuàng , tuǎn , tóng , 罿 tóng , chōng , , , , , , , , , , zhōng
    • mái
      • , lí kè , , , , ,
    • hēi
      • , chán
    • chán
      • Chán , chán , chán
    • , chán , , , , , , , , , kuī , , lǐ wǎ , , , , , , , ,
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