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里

lǐ · li/Lǐ · li

Traditional 裡 / 裏

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Meaning

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lǐ 里

  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 / 镇 (zhèn) and neighborhood 鄰 / 邻 (lín) levels

lǐ 裡

  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 / 里 (lǐ)

Lǐ 里

  1. Li (surname)

lǐ 裏

  1. variant of 裡 / 里 (lǐ)
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Where is the passport?

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你的(nǐde)护照(hùzhào)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Dengdeng, where is your passport?

  2. Dengdeng

    它(tā)在(zài)房间(fángjiān)里(lǐ)。

    It's in the room.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)进去(jìnqù)看(kàn)了(le)，房间(fángjiān)里(lǐ)没有(méiyǒu)。

    I went in and looked. It's not in the room.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)在(zài)厨房(chúfáng)里(lǐ)吧(ba)。

    Then maybe it's in the kitchen.

  5. Liangliang

    厨房(chúfáng)里(lǐ)也(yě)没有(méiyǒu)。

    It's not in the kitchen either.

  6. Dengdeng

    啊(a)，它(tā)在(zài)我的(wǒde)包(bāo)里(lǐ)！

    Ah, it's in my bag!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

教(jiào)室(shì)里(lǐ)没(méi)剩(shèng)下(xià)几(jǐ)个(gè)学(xué)生(sheng)了(le)。

There were few students remaining in the classroom.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gonnastop · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

黑(hēi)海(hǎi)里(lǐ)的(de)水(shuǐ)事(shì)实(shí)上(shàng)是(shì)黑(hēi)的(de)吗(ma)？

Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?

Tatoeba: Chinese by pig8322 · English by derpapottamus · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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