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内

nèi

HSK 4 Character Traditional 內

What 内 means

1. inside
2. inner
3. internal
4. within
5. interior

Example sentences

• 他很内向。
  Tā hěn nèixiàng.
  He is introverted.
• 禁止入内。
  No Trespassing.
• 我没穿内衣。
  Wǒ méi chuān nèiyī.
  I am not wearing any underwear.
• 我的内衣脏了
  Wǒ de nèiyī zāng le
  My underwear is dirty.
• 我内存不够。
  Wǒ nèicún bù gòu.
  I don't have enough RAM.
• 他望进门内。
  Tā wàng jìnmén nèi.
  He looked in at the door.

Words starting with 内

• 内容nèi róngcontent; substance; details
• 内科nèi kēinternal medicine; general medicine
• 内涵nèi hánmeaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation
• 内在nèi zàiinner; internal; intrinsic
• 内幕nèi mùinside story; non-public information; behind the scenes
• 内心nèi xīnheart; innermost being; (math) incenter
• 内部nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section); internal
• 内地nèi dìinland; interior; hinterland
• 内衣nèi yīundergarment; underwear
• 内裤nèi kùunderpants; panties; briefs
• 内外nèi wàiinside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately
• 内存nèi cúninternal storage; computer memory; random access memory (RAM)
• 内疚nèi jiùguilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt
• 内向nèi xiàngreserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
• 内战nèi zhàncivil war
• 内置nèi zhìbuilt-in; internal
• 内阁nèi gé(government) cabinet
• 内脏nèi zànginternal organs; viscera
• 内行nèi hángexpert; adept; experienced
• 内心世界nèi xīn shì jiè(one's) inner world
• 内政nèi zhènginternal affairs (of a country)
• 内陆nèi lùinland; interior
• 内敛nèi liǎnintroverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
• 内人nèi rénmy wife (humble)

Words containing 内

• 国内guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country); civil
• 之内zhī nèiinside; within
• 在内zài nèi(included) in it; among them
• 室内shì nèiindoor
• 境内jìng nèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic
• 国内外guó nèi wàidomestic and international; at home and abroad
• 体内tǐ nèiwithin the body; in vivo
• 市内shì nèiinside the city
• 以内yǐ nèiwithin; less than
• 党内dǎng nèiwithin the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
• 日内rì nèiin a few days; one of these days
• 校内xiào nèion-campus; intramural
• 海内外hǎi nèi wàidomestic and international; at home and abroad
• 日内瓦Rì nèi wǎGeneva, Switzerland
• 业内yè nèi(within) the industry; the profession
• 圈内quān nèiamong insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc)…
• 河内Hé nèiHanoi, capital of Vietnam
• 对内duì nèiinternal; national; domestic (policy)
• 海内hǎi nèithe whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
• 白内障bái nèi zhàngcataract (ophthalmology)
• 委内瑞拉Wěi nèi ruì lāVenezuela
• 分内fèn nèiwithin one's area of responsibility
• 关内Guān nèithe region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
• 任内rèn nèiperiod in office

Characters that look like 内

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 冈gāngridge; mound
• 丙bǐngthird of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; third in order…
• 冉rǎnedge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉
• 円yuányen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圆

Sounds the same

Read nèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

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