县里 (xiàn lǐ) — county (as an administrative unit); within the…

Definition

A noun referring to the county-level government or the county as an administrative unit (e.g. "县里派了专家" = "the county sent experts"). It's distinct from 县 alone, which names the place itself.

noun

county (as an administrative unit)within the county

Measure word · 个

Examples

县里。
xiàn lǐ Pài le zhuān jiā lái zhǐ dǎo gōng zuò.
The county sent experts to guide the work.
县里。
Zhè ge xiàng mù dé dào le xiàn lǐ de dà lì zhī chí.
This project received strong support from the county.
县里。
xiàn lǐ De jīng jì fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
The county's economy is developing rapidly.

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.

县xiàncounty

里lǐinside

县 names the county, and 里 points to the area inside it.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 縣; 县 is its simplified writing.

目目mù
木木mù
糸糸mì

The traditional form 縣, not the simplified 县, drew an eye 目 standing for a head hung by a string 糸 from a tree 木. It was borrowed for its sound to write the modern meaning "county", so that picture is unrelated.

Open 县 →

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.