Meaning of lǐ:
里
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; Li (surname); neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels; variant of 裡|里[li3]
Tā de wàitào lǐ yǒu yīgè piàoliang de lǐ bù.
她的外套里有一个漂亮的里布。
The lining inside her coat is beautiful.
Fángzi lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō jiājù.
房子里面有很多家具。
There is a lot of furniture inside the house.
Tā zài wūzi lǐ dúshū.
她在屋子里读书。
She is reading inside the house.
Zài zhège fángjiān lǐ, wǒ gǎndào hěn wēnnuǎn.
在这个房间里，我感到很温暖。
Inside this room, I feel very warm.
Fángjiān li hěn wēnnuǎn.
房间里很温暖。
It is very warm inside the room.
Lǐ xiānsheng shì wǒmen de zhōngwén lǎoshī.
里先生是我们的中文老师。
Mr. Li is our Chinese teacher.
Wǒ de lǐ yǒu yīgè xīn de chāoshì.
我的里有一个新的超市。
There is a new supermarket in my neighborhood.
Zài gǔdài, yīgè cūnzhuāng tōngcháng bèi fēn wéi xǔduō lǐ.
在古代，一个村庄通常被分为许多里。
In ancient times, a village was often divided into many 'li'.
Wǒmen zhège zhùzhái qū shǔyú yīgè xīn de xíngzhèng lǐ.
我们这个住宅区属于一个新的行政里。
Our residential area belongs to a new administrative borough.
Hézi lǐ yǒu xǔduō tángguǒ.
盒子里有许多糖果。
There are many candies inside the box.
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
Cūnzhuāng jùlí zhèlǐ dàyuē yǒu wǔ lǐ yuǎn.
村庄距离这里大约有五里远。
The village is approximately five li away from here.
