站里 (zhàn lǐ) — (noun) inside a station, within the station premises

Definition

noun
inside a stationwithin the station premises

Examples

  • 站里。
    Huǒ chē zhàn zhàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō rén.
    There are many people inside the train station.
  • 站里。
    Wǒ men zài zhàn lǐ jiàn miàn ba.
    Let's meet inside the station.
  • 站里。
    Qǐng dào zhàn lǐ de shāng diàn mǎi dōng xī.
    Please go to the shops inside the station to buy things.

Origin

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
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

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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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