Chinese word dictionary

里弄

lǐ lòng · lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

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Simplified里弄

Traditional里弄

Pinyinlǐ lòng

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里lǐ

unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

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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nǎlǐ

where?; 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nàlǐ

there; that place

这里zhèlǐ

here; variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]

里面lǐmiàn

inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]; variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]

心里xīnlǐ

chest; heart; mind