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班里 (bān lǐ) — in the class; within the class (as a group or location)

Definition

A noun formed by 班 ('class') + locative 里 ('in/inside'), meaning 'in the class' as a location or group — narrower than 学校 ('in school'), it refers specifically to one classroom's members or things.

noun
in the classwithin the class (as a group or location)

Examples

  • 班里。
    Wǒ men bān lǐ yǒu hěn duō yōu xiù de xué shēng.
    There are many excellent students in our class.
  • 班里。
    Tā bān lǐ de chéng jì yì zhí hěn hǎo.
    His grades in the class have always been good.
  • 班里。
    Zhè cì huó dòng yóu bān lǐ de tóng xué zǔ zhī.
    This activity was organized by the classmates in the class.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →

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 →
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