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山里 (shān lǐ) — in the mountains; mountain area

Definition

noun
in the mountainsmountain area

Examples

  • 山里。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài shān lǐ zhǎng dà.
    He grew up in the mountains.
  • 山里。
    shān lǐ De kōng qì fēi cháng xīn xiān.
    The air in the mountains is very fresh.
  • 山里。
    Wǒ men dǎ suàn qù shān lǐ dù jià.
    We plan to go on vacation in the mountains.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

山shānmountain
里lǐ

山 denotes the mountains, and 里 places the reference within them.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衤Written in full as衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ裡lǐ
Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

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Appears in
Geography & Landforms

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