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CHINESE CHARACTER

lǐ

里

里

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Numbered pinyin
li3
English meanings
inside

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 田; bottom 土.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱田土

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    fángjiān房间lǐ里yǒurén有人。

    There's someone in the room.

  2. 02

    lǐmian里面hěn很piàoliang漂亮。

    The inside is very pretty.

  3. 03

    bǎ把shū书fàng放zài在chōuti抽屉lǐ里。

    Put the book in the drawer.

  4. 04

    yī一nián年lǐ里yǒu有shí十èr二gè个yuè月。

    There are twelve months in a year.

  5. 05

    zhèlǐ这里lí离chēzhàn车站hěn很jìn近。

    This place is close to the station.

  6. 06

    tā他xīnli心里hěn很gāoxìng高兴。

    He was happy in his heart.

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