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Simplified千里
Traditional千里
Pinyinqiān lǐ
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千里
qiān lǐ · a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
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里lǐ
Li (surname); li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; variant of 裡|里[li3]
哪里nǎlǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里
那里nàlǐthere; that place
千qiānthousand; used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
这里zhèlǐhere; variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]
里面lǐmiàninside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]; variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]