Definition
里 (lǐ) is a noun meaning 'inside' or 'interior', commonly used after a noun to indicate location (e.g., 教室里 'in the classroom'). It is more versatile and colloquial than 里面 (lǐmiàn), which is a standalone noun for 'inside'. 里 also has a separate sense of 'lining' for clothing.
noun
insideinteriorwithin(of clothing) lining
Easily confused
- 单dānlook-alike(noun) bill; list; form (a written note)
- 离lísound-aliketo leave; to part from
- 押yālook-aliketo pawn, to mortgage
- 力lìsound-alikepower, force, strength
- 理lǐsound-alike(noun) reason; logic; truth; principle
- 立lìsound-aliketo stand (formal, upright)
- 粒lìsound-alike(classifier) for small round things (pills, bullets, grains, pearls, etc.)
- 梨lísound-alikepear
Examples
- 里。Jiàoshì lǐ yǒu yí gè lǎoshī hé yí gè xuéshēng.There is a teacher and a student in the classroom.
- 里。Tā de shūbāo lǐ yǒu wǔ běn shū.There are five books in his bag.
- 里。Wǒ jiā lǐ yǒu liǎng zhǐ māo.There are two cats in my home.
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