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里
lǐ
Main
English Definitionlining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里
See alsolǐ 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) (from traditional character 里)
lǐ variant of 裏 (from traditional character 裡)
Simplified Script里
Traditional Script裏
Pinyinlǐ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)leoi5
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
里面lǐmiàninside; interior
里头lǐtouinside; interior
里边lǐbianinside
里外lǐwàiinside and out; or so
里海lǐhǎiCaspian Sea
Words With Same Tail Word    
这里zhèlǐhere; variant of 這裏
哪里nǎlǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里
家里jiālǐhome
眼里yǎnlǐin someone's eyes
怀里huáilǐembrace; bosom
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