裏
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lǐ · inside, interior, within

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Shape and proportion

13Total strokes

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Top-middle-bottomCharacter structure

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衣Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 裏

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Example sentences

Notice where 裏 sits in each complete thought.

Tā shì chéng lǐ zuì yǒu qián de rén.他是城裏最有錢的人。

He is richer than anyone else in the town.

Source: Tatoeba #393663 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu bù shǎo rén zài nà lǐ.有不少人在那裏。

A good many people were there.

Source: Tatoeba #344840 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài zhè lǐ zhù le sān shí nián le.我在這裏住了三十年了。

I have lived here for thirty years.

Source: Tatoeba #470461 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng wǒ zuì hǎo liú zài zhè lǐ.我想我最好留在這裏。

I think I'd better stay here.

Source: Tatoeba #345773 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bǎ nǐ de yōu pán wàng zài jiā lǐ le.我把你的優盤忘在家裏了。

I left your flash drive at home.

Source: Tatoeba #5924723 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù zhī dào tā qù le nǎ lǐ.我不知道他去了哪裏。

I don't know where he went.

Source: Tatoeba #672592 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 裏 in context

  1. Say lǐ, then recall the core meaning: inside, interior, within.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the top-middle-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 裏 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.