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村里 (cūn lǐ) — in the village; within the village (as a location)

Definition

Refers to a place inside a specific village (a location), not the village itself. Pairs with 村外 for 'outside the village'.

noun
in the villagewithin the village (as a location)

Examples

  • 村里。
    Wǒ zhù zài cūn lǐ.
    I live in the village.
  • 村里。
    cūn lǐ Yǒu hěn duō lǎo rén.
    There are many elderly people in the village.
  • 村里。
    cūn lǐ De huán jìng hěn hǎo.
    The environment in the village is very good.

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.

村cūnvillage
里lǐinside

村 is the village, and 里 locates the place inside it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
寸
寸cùn村cūn
Same sound today

村 pairs 木 (tree) with 寸 as a sound hint; its origin is unclear.

Open 村 →

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.

Open 里 →
Appears in
Countryside & Rural

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