1. Home
  2. HSK 1
  3. Where is it?

里边

lǐbian

inside

HSK 1 · Topic “Where is it?” Position & direction
inside
Memory picture

Characters in this word

里 lǐ

Strokes
7
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

边 biān

Strokes
5
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 力 strength, power
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 边

Example phrases

  • 房间里边很热。 Fángjiān lǐbian hěn rè. It's very hot inside the room.
  • 书包里边有什么? Shūbāo lǐbian yǒu shénme? What's inside the schoolbag?
  • 这里边没有人。 Zhè lǐbian méiyǒu rén. There's nobody in here.
  • 请到里边坐。 Qǐng dào lǐbian zuò. Please come inside and sit down.
  • 里边的水很热。 Lǐbian de shuǐ hěn rè. The water inside is very hot.
  • 书在包里边。 Shū zài bāo lǐbian. The book is inside the bag.
  • 老师在里边吗? Lǎoshī zài lǐbian ma? Is the teacher inside?
  • 别在里边吃饭。 Bié zài lǐbian chīfàn. Don't eat inside.
  • 里边没有水了。 Lǐbian méiyǒu shuǐ le. There is no water left inside.
  • 里边有几个学生? Lǐbian yǒu jǐ ge xuésheng? How many students are inside?

Related words

All HSK 1 words →