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馆里 (guǎn lǐ) — inside the venue / inside the museum / inside the hall

Definition

Refers to the interior of a building with 馆 in its name (museum, library, hall, gym, etc.). It always follows the building noun (图书馆里, 博物馆里); 里 alone means 'inside' of any location.

noun
inside the venue / inside the museum / inside the hall

Examples

  • 馆里。
    Wǒ zài guǎn lǐ děng nǐ.
    I will wait for you inside the venue.
  • 馆里。
    Tā jīn tiān zài guǎn lǐ gōng zuò.
    He is working inside the museum today.
  • 馆里。
    guǎn lǐ Yǒu hěn duō zhǎn pǐn.
    There are many exhibits inside the hall.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

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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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