里 lǐ in a sentence
In (inside - inner - neighbourhood - Chinese mile [half a km])
里 (lǐ) means In (inside - inner - neighbourhood - Chinese mile [half a km]). Below are 24 of the 96 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
饭馆 里 人很多。
fàn guǎn lǐ rén hěnduō.
There were a lot of people in the restaurant.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
那天我做到夜 里 一点。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zuòdào yèlǐ yīdiǎn.
I worked until one in the morning that night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我打开门，房间 里 很黑。
wǒ dǎkāi mén, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.
I opened the door and the room was dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
商店 里 的衣服很多，很漂亮。
shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.
There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我说：“跟我这 里 的一样。”
wǒ shuō:" gēn wǒ zhèlǐ de / dì yíyàng."
I said, "It's the same as mine here."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
牛奶在最 里 边，水果在门旁边。
niúnǎi zài zuì lǐ biān, shuǐguǒ zài mén pángbiān.
The milk was at the very back and the fruit was by the door.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
到了那 里 以后，我还是很紧张。
dàole nàli yǐhòu, wǒ háishì hěn jǐnzhāng.
Even so, I was nervous when I got there.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
她手 里 拿着四五个很重的袋子。
tā shǒulǐ názhe sì wǔ gè hěn zhòng / chóng de / dì dàizi.
She was holding four or five heavy bags.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
哪 里 不舒服？
Nǎlǐ bù shūfu?
Where does it hurt? / What's wrong?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
哪 里 可以取钱？
Nǎlǐ kěyǐ qǔ qián?
Where can I withdraw cash?
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
里 appears in 96 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 里
How is 里 used in a sentence?
This page shows 96 sentences using 里 (lǐ, "In (inside - inner - neighbourhood - Chinese mile [half a km])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 里 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 里 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 里 an HSK word?
Yes — 里 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 里?
The dictionary page for 里 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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