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城里

chénglǐ

in the city

A person walking through city buildings
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Characters in this word

城 chéng

Strokes
9
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 成 to accomplish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

Example phrases

  • 我住在城里。 Wǒ zhù zài chénglǐ. My home is in the city.
  • 城里人很多。 Chénglǐ rén hěn duō. Many people are in the city.
  • 他去城里了。 Tā qù chénglǐ le. He goes into the city.

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