Word information
Simplified里面
Traditional裏面/裡面
Pinyinlǐmiàn
Part of speech名
HSK 3.02
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
里面
lǐmiàn · inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]; variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]
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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]
面包miànbāobread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]
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
这里zhèlǐhere; variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]