镇里 (zhèn lǐ) — in the town; within the town

Definition

noun

in the townwithin the town

Examples

镇里。
zhèn lǐ Yǒu yí gè hěn dà de guǎng chǎng.
There is a very large square in the town.
镇里。
zhèn lǐ De rén dōu rèn shi tā.
Everyone in the town knows him.
镇里。
Tā men yì jiā dōu zhù zài zhèn lǐ.
Their whole family lives in the town.

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.

镇zhèntown

里lǐwithin

镇 names the town, and 里 adds the sense of being within 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 鎮; 镇 is its simplified writing.

金真鎮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

真

真zhēn鎮zhèn

Same sound today

The traditional form 鎮 uses 金, metal, and 真, which gave its sound; it depicted pressing down with a metal weight. The simplified 镇 is a later abbreviation.

Open 镇 →

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.