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里

lǐ

HSK 1 Character Traditional 裡

What 里 means

1. lining
2. interior
3. inside
4. internal
5. also written {里|lǐ}

Other readings

里 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lǐli, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of
• Lǐsurname Li
• lǐvariant of {里|lǐ}

Example sentences

• 哪里？
  Where?
• 这里！
  Here!
• 这里。
  Here.
• 这里有人
  Zhèlǐ yǒurén
  Somebody's in here.
• 这里疼。
  I have a pain here.
• 哪里痛?
  Where does it hurt?

Words starting with 里

• 里面lǐ miàninside; interior; also pr. lǐ mian
• 里程碑lǐ chéng bēimilestone
• 里边lǐ bianinside
• 里头lǐ touinside; interior
• 里外lǐ wàiinside and out; or so
• 里程lǐ chéngmileage (distance traveled); course (of development)
• 里拉lǐ lā(loanword) lira (currency of Turkey)
• 里昂Lǐ ángLyon, French city on the Rhône
• 里子lǐ zilining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
• 里加Lǐ jiāRiga, capital of Latvia
• 里里外外lǐ lǐ wài wàiinside and out
• 里斯本Lǐ sī běnLisbon, capital of Portugal
• 里尔Lǐ ěrLille (city in France)
• 里弄lǐ lònglanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified…
• 里海Lǐ HǎiCaspian Sea
• 里约lǐ yuēagreement between the residents of a 里
• 里人lǐ rénperson from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.)…
• 里程表lǐ chéng biǎoodometer
• 里程计lǐ chéng jìspeedometer (of a vehicle)
• 里外里lǐ wài lǐall in all; either way
• 里出外进lǐ chū wài jìnuneven; in disorder; everything sticking out
• 里应外合lǐ yìng wài héto coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together
• 里社lǐ shèvillage shrine to the earth god
• 里手lǐ shǒuexpert; left-hand side (of a machine); left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle

Words containing 里

• 这里zhè lǐhere
• 心里xīn lichest; heart; mind
• 那里nà lithere; that place
• 家里jiā lǐhome
• 哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere
• 公里gōng lǐkilometer
• 手里shǒu lǐin hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
• 嘴里zuǐ lǐmouth; in the mouth; on one's lips
• 夜里yè liduring the night; at night; nighttime
• 怀里huái lǐembrace; bosom
• 村里cūn lǐvillage; hamlet
• 平方公里píng fāng gōng lǐsquare kilometer
• 阿里Ā lǐ(name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam…
• 市里shì lǐli (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
• 英里yīng lǐmile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
• 海里hǎi lǐnautical mile
• 乡里xiāng lǐone's home town or village
• 骨子里gǔ zi lǐbeneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
• 城里人chéng lǐ réncity dweller; townspeople
• 马德里Mǎ dé lǐMadrid, capital of Spain
• 阿里巴巴Ā lǐ Bā bāAli Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
• 歇斯底里xiē sī dǐ lǐhysteria (loanword); hysterical
• 香格里拉Xiāng gé lǐ lāShangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"…
• 心里话xīn li huà(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 赤chìred; scarlet; bare
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)

Characters that look like 里

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

• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 苤piěused in 苤蓝
• 苴jū(hemp); sack cloth

Sounds the same

Read lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 理texture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 礼gift; rite; ceremony
• 李plum
• 哩mile
• 娌used in 妯娌
• 俚rustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 澧Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖; surname Li
• 锂lithium (chemistry)
• 鲤carp
• 豊ceremonial vessel; variant of 礼
• 醴sweet wine
• 浬nautical mile