里 lǐ

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Traditional form

里 lǐ

Contains the radical

里 lǐ

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

Learning hint

Unit of measure for farm 田 Tián land 土 Tǔ

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱田土 tián tǔ

Explanation

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

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他 tā 回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ 时 shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng 好 hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

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

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

叫 jiào 哈里 Hā lǐ 快 kuài 些 xiē .

Tell Harry to get a move on.

他 tā 讲 jiǎng 了 le 半天 bàn tiān , 我 wǒ 还是 háishi 糊里糊涂 tú .

After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser.

这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū 里 lǐ 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 插图 chā tú 都 dōu 加 Jiā 贴 tiē 得 dé 不 bù 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài 都 dōu 开始 kāishǐ 脱 tuō 页 yè 了 le .

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

Explore 22 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 里 lǐ in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
里 lǐ	inside	里 lǐ
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

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 里 lǐ and their own compounds.

里 lǐ

土 Tǔ , 田 Tián

See all 89 Chinese words that contain the character 里 lǐ in their composition.

里 lǐ

重 chóng

董 Dǒng

懂 dǒng , 嬞

動 dòng

働 xx

鍾 zhōng

踵 zhǒng , 種 zhǒng , 尰 zhǒng , 揰 chòng , 湩 dòng , 畽 tuǎn , 锺 zhōng , 偅, 喠, 堹, 媑, 歱, 煄, 瘇, 箽, 緟, 腫 zhǒng , 蝩, 褈, 諥, 隀

量 liáng

糧 liáng

野 yě

墅 shù , 嘢 yě

童 Tóng

撞 zhuàng , 幢 chuáng , 瞳 tóng , 憧 chōng , 僮 tóng , 噇 chuáng , 曈 tóng , 朣 tóng , 潼 tóng , 獞 Zhuàng , 疃 tuǎn , 穜 tóng , 罿 tóng , 艟 chōng , 勭, 墥, 徸, 橦, 燑, 犝, 膧, 蕫, 蹱, 鐘 zhōng