里
Meaning
lǐ li3
里
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels
- Li (surname)
Example sentences
- What on earth are you doing in my room?
HSK words with 里
- 这里 zhèlǐ here
- 哪里 nǎlǐ where?
- 那里 nàli there; that place
- 家里 jiālǐ home
- 里边 lǐbian inside
- 心里 xīnli chest
- 公里 gōnglǐ kilometer
- 夜里 yèli during the night
- 里头 lǐtou inside
- 里面 lǐmiàn inside
- 手里 shǒulǐ in hand
- 眼里 yǎnli In the eyes
- 城里 chénglǐ In the city
- 怀里 huáilǐ embrace
- 心里话 xīnlihuà (to express one's) true feelings
- 里程碑 lǐchéngbēi milestone
- 暗地里 àndìli secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- 鹏程万里 péngchéngwànlǐ the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)