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市里

shì lǐ · shi li

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Meaning

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  1. li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
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Is the new hotpot open?

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)家(jiā)在(zài)市里(shìlǐ)还是(háishi)在(zài)乡下(xiāngxia)？

    Is your home in the city or in the countryside?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)家(jiā)在(zài)乡下(xiāngxia)，去(qù)市里(shìlǐ)要(yào)坐(zuò)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)的(de)车(chē)。

    My home is in the countryside. It takes an hour by car to get to the city.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)怎么(zěnme)来(lái)市里(shìlǐ)了(le)？

    Then why did you come to the city today?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)市里(shìlǐ)吃(chī)火锅(huǒguō)，听说(tīngshuō)有(yǒu)一家(yījiā)新店(xīndiàn)很(hěn)好吃(hǎochī)。

    I came to the city for hotpot. I heard a new place is very good.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)家(jiā)新店(xīndiàn)我(wǒ)知道(zhīdào)，今天(jīntiān)不(bù)开门(kāimén)！

    I know that new place. It is closed today!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

从(cóng)村(cūn)口(kǒu)到(dào)镇(zhèn)上(shàng)大(dà)约(yuē)有(yǒu)二(èr)十(shí)市(shì)里(lǐ)。

It is about twenty li from the village entrance to the town.

02

这(zhè)段(duàn)山(shān)路(lù)差(chà)不(bu)多(duō)有(yǒu)十(shí)市(shì)里(lǐ)长(cháng)。

This stretch of mountain road is about ten li long.

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