里 (lǐ)
neighborhood (administrative unit); Chinese mile; inside
How 里 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Traditional
- 里
- Simplified
- 里 (unchanged)
Common words using 里
- 哪裏 nǎlǐ
- where?; somewhere; anywhere
- 裡面 lǐmiàn
- inside; interior
- 這裏 zhèlǐ
- here; variant of 這裡|这里
- 三里屯 sānlǐtún
- Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
- 公里 gōnglǐ
- kilometer
- 卡路里 kǎlùlǐ
- calorie (loanword)
- 可可西里 kěkěxīlǐ
- Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
- 嘴裡 zuǐlǐ
- mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips
- 夜裡 yèli
- during the night; at night; nighttime
- 家裡 jiālǐ
- home
- 平方公里 píngfānggōnglǐ
- square kilometer
- 心裡 xīnli
- chest; heart; mind
里 in a sentence
這裡的里長很熱心。
Zhèlǐ de lǐzhǎng hěn rèxīn.
“The neighborhood chief here is very enthusiastic.”
How common is 里?
里 is the 50th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 30.5% of all running text.
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