里 (裡) lǐ

1. lǐ noun inside; interior
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Tradtional: 里 or 裡 (Guoyu '里' n 6; Unihan '裡')
2. lǐ noun Kangxi radical 166
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Inside (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '里' n 7)
3. lǐ measure word li; unit of length equal to 150 zhang (500 meters)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Tradtional: 里; there are 150 丈 in one 里 [500 meters] in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (Guoyu '里' n 5)
4. lǐ noun a small village; ri
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: South Korea
   Notes: Tradtional: 里, Hangul: 리; Korean Hanja term for a small village, used in place names (Guoyu '里' n 3)
5. lǐ preposition inside; within
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: May be classified as a localizer since it can be appended to a noun to indicate location. For example, 屋里 'in the room' and 盒子里 'in the box.' (Norman 1988, p. 162; Sun 2006, loc. 903)
6. lǐ noun a residence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 里; in the sense of 居所 (Guoyu '里' n 1)
7. lǐ noun a neighborhood; an alley
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 里; in the sense of 街坊 or 巷弄 (Guoyu '里' n 2)
8. lǐ noun a local administrative district
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 里; in the sense of 行政区 (Guoyu '里' n 4)

Contained in

• 表里(表裡) the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior
• 咫尺千里 so close, yet worlds apart
• 阿尔梅里亚(阿爾梅里亞) Almería
• 窝里横(窩裡橫) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
• 希拉里 Hillary
• 索马里先令(索馬裡先令) Somali shilling
• 头里(頭里) in front; in advance of the field
• 依依墟里烟(依依墟里煙) steady the smoke of the half-deserted village
• 恶事传千里(惡事傳千里) evil deeds spread a thousand miles; scandal spreads like wildfire
• 鹏程万里(鵬程萬里) the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles; one's future prospects are brilliant
• 里面(裡面) inside; interior
• 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
• 万里(萬里) far away; ten thousand li ; Wan Li
• 里带(裡帶) inner tube (of tire)
• 毛里求斯卢比(毛裡求斯盧比) Mauritian rupee
• 话里套话(話裡套話) to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
• 万里之望(萬里之望) great hopes for position and wealth
• 弗里斯兰(弗里斯蘭) Friesland
• 手里(手裡) in hand; (a situation is) in somebody's hands
• 圣德克旭贝里(聖德克旭貝里) (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
• 土里土气(土裡土氣) unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth
• 奥里萨邦(奧里薩邦) Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
• 墟里 a village
• 西里尔字母(西里爾字母) Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
• 稀里糊涂(稀裏糊塗) muddleheaded; careless

Also contained in

斯克里亚宾 、 后里乡 、 塞韦里诺 、 龙里县 、 波德戈里察 、 巴里坤哈萨克自治县 、 麻里鲁 、 里朗威 、 帕拉马里博 、 希拉里·克林顿 、 厄立特里亚 、 湾里 、 斯科普里 、 阿里山 、 伊特鲁里亚人 、 鲍德里亚 、 下里巴人 、 卡利亚里 、 富里 、 里港乡 、 赛里木湖 、 傅里叶 、 戴克里先 、 水里乡 、 布里奇顿 、 的里雅斯特

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 29
• 卷三百二十六 列傳第二百十四 外國七 Volume 326 Biographies 214: Foreign States 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 29
• 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 27
• 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 26
• 第三十六回 Chapter 36 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 26
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 25
• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 23
• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 23
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22

Collocations

• 五百里 (五百裡) 五百里甸服 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 34
• 里克 (裡剋) 里克諫曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 30
• 里曰 (裡曰) 其外方五百里曰侯畿 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 18
• 南里 (南裡) 誘子華而殺之南里 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 14
• 十里 (十裡) 十里舍車 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 12
• 五十里 (五十裡) 去國五十里 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 12
• 七十里 (七十裡) 伯七十里 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 11
• 田里 (田裡) 子產請其田里 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 晋里 (晉裡) 晉里克 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 二百里 (二百裡) 二百里納銍 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 7