里 lǐ, li — li (Chinese unit of distance, =500m); mile; kilometer; league; distance; mileage

里
lǐ li

Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #721

Traditional: 裏 Variant: 裡

lǐ li3

Basic definition

  1. noun li (Chinese unit of distance, =500m); mile; kilometer; league; distance; mileage e.g 公里里程千里
  2. noun neighborhood; lane; alley; village; hamlet; community; district; street e.g 邻里里弄乡里
  3. noun hometown; native place; birthplace; home village; ancestral home; old home; home e.g 故里梓里返里
  4. noun lining; inside; inner layer; reverse side; lining of a garment; inside out e.g 被里里子衬里
  1. inside; in; within; inner; interior; internal; indoors; in the middle; within e.g 里面心里手里
  2. in; within; inside; among; during; in the course of; within bounds; in e.g 城里家里村里

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (裏，形声，从衣，里声。本义:衣服的内层)
  2. lining e.g 里衣 · 里外发烧
  3. inside e.g 里向 · 里势 · 里勾外连 · 里头大叔 · 里牵绵
  4. time
  5. used after “这”、“那”、“哪” to indicate direction of place e.g 哪里 这里，那里 · 省里 · 县里
  6. (会意。从土，从田。从“田”，含有区分界域的意思。本义:里弄;街巷)
  7. alley;lane e.g 里门 · 里闬 · 里闾
  8. community e.g 里长 · 里尹 · 里正图董 · 里吏
  9. village;hometown e.g 里籍 · 里豪 · 里妪 · 里门
  10. li ，a Chinese unit of length e.g 华里里程 里数 · 里堠
  11. geographical condition
verb
  1. dwell e.g 里布 · 里舍 · 里仁
  2. calculate e.g 里程碑
  3. administer;govern;manage;rule
adjective
  1. distressed;worried
  1. a formal word in Chinese

li li5

Basic definition

  1. (used as a suffix to pronouns/nouns) in; inside; within; at; here/there; -side; within e.g 这里那里哪里

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