里 lǐmiàn▶ dentro

Stroke order

里 is written in 7 strokes.

• 里

Senses

1. lining
2. interior
3. inside
4. internal

Example sentences

• 他在家里。Tā zài jiā lǐmiàn.He is inside the house.
• 水在杯子里。Shuǐ zài bēizi lǐmiàn.The water is in the cup.

Related words

• 公里kilómetro
• 里程碑Hito

里 is pronounced lǐmiàn and means “dentro”. HSK 1 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 里 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.