7.12Usage: +++++
里 Not to be confused with 黑 (hēi)
1. Vicinity
- 乡里 (xiāng lǐ) Village
- 邻里 (lín lǐ) Neighborhood – in modern days, it is often used in the naming of property development. For example: "新福康里" would mean "Vicinity of 新富康 (property name)"
2. Chinese mile 0.3 miles / 500 meters
- 千里之行，始于足下 (qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià) A journey of thousand (of) Chinese miles begins with a single step
- 读万卷书不如行万里路 (dú wàn juàn shū bù rú xíng wàn lǐ lù) Travelling the world beats reading about it Literal. Reading ten thousand books (is) not as good as travelling ten thousand Chinese miles (3,000 miles) on the road
里 裏 Not to be confused with 黑 (hēi)
3. In / Within Antonym. 5.03 外
- 热水里 (rè shuǐ lǐ) In boiling water
- 屋里 (wū lǐ) In the house
- 房里 (fang lǐ) In the room
+ SIMILAR CHARACTERS +
犭 Animal Radical + 里 = 狸 (lí) Fox-like animal
- 狐狸 (hú lí) Fox；狸猫 (lí māo) Civet Literal. Fox-like cat
厂 Factory Radical + 里 = 厘 (lǐ) Centi- (measurement)
- 厘米 (lǐ mǐ) Centimeter(s)
王 King Radical + 里 = 理 (lǐ) Reason/Arrange