里
lǐ
inside
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 书在抽屉里。Book is in the drawer.
- 从家里出来。Coming out from home.
Collocations
…里家里心里
Mnemonic
里 lǐ "inside" — locative particle after nouns: 房间里 (in the room), 家里 (at home), 心里 (in the heart). Same character also means "li" (~500 m, traditional unit). Cognate of Japanese 里 sato.
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