室内
shìnèi
indoor, interior
Part of speech · noun
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室room
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内inside
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Examples
- 室内禁止吸烟。Smoking is prohibited indoors.
- 冬天室内很暖和。It is warm indoors in winter.
Collocations
室内装修室内运动室内温度室内空间
Mnemonic
室 shì "room" + 内 nèi "inside": inside the room, i.e. indoors, interior. Same as the Korean word sil-nae (室內). It refers to the space inside a building or room (室内装修 interior decoration, 室内运动 indoor sports). Its opposite is 室外 (outdoors), the pair 内 "inside" against 外 "outside". 室 means "room" (教室, 办公室); 内 means "inside" (内部, 以内). 室内 and 室外 are a basic spatial pair.
Related
室外屋内内部房间
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What is the opposite of 室内?