怀里 (huái lǐ) — in one's arms; in one's embrace | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

in one's armsin one's embrace

Examples

怀里。
Hái zi shuì zài mā ma de huái lǐ.
The child sleeps in his mother's arms.
怀里。
Tā jǐn jǐn dì bǎ xiǎo māo bào zài huái lǐ.
She holds the kitten tightly in her arms.
，怀里。
Tā shōu dào péng you sòng de lǐ wù, kāi xīn dì bào zài huái lǐ.
He received a gift from a friend and happily held it in his arms.

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.

怀huáiembrace

里lǐinside

怀里 means inside the 怀, with 里 showing the place.

Characters in this word

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 懷; 怀 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

褱

褱huái懷huái

Same sound today

The traditional form 懷 uses 心 (heart) to show longing and 褱 for the sound; the simplified 怀 is a later shorthand.

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.

衤里裡

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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