队里 (duì lǐ) — within the team, inside the group | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

within the teaminside the group

Examples

队里。
Tā zài duì lǐ gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He worked in the team for many years.
队里，。
Cóng duì lǐ de jiǎo dù lái shuō, zhè ge fāng àn shì kě xíng de.
From the team's perspective, this plan is feasible.
队里，。
duì lǐ De fēn wéi hěn hǎo, dà jiā dōu hù xiāng bāng zhù.
The atmosphere in the team is good, everyone helps each other.

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.

里lǐinside

队 refers to the team, while 里 refers to the space 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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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