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Mythic Mandarin

这里 (zhè lǐ): meaning and stroke order

这里 (zhè lǐ) means here, variant of 这里.

这里

Simplified
这里
Traditional
這裡, 這裏
Pinyin
zhè lǐ

Stroke order of 这里

这

  • zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  • zhèi (coll.) this
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 這

Stroke by stroke

里

  • lǐ variant of 裡|里[li3]
  • lǐ lining; interior
  • Lǐ Li (surname)
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 裏

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 这里

  1. zhè lǐ Traditional 這裡
    • here
  2. zhè lǐ Traditional 這裏
    • variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]

Radicals of the characters

这
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 8 strokes · built from 辶 and 文
里
Radical 里 (Kangxi radical 166) · 7 strokes · built from 日 and 土

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

这里 in our stories

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  • 老人告诉他,这些书都是他年轻时从这里借的,那时他和妻子每读一本,就去书里的城市旅行一次。

    lǎorén gàosu tā zhèxiē shū dōu shì tā niánqīng shí cóng zhèli jiè de nàshí tā hé qīzi měi dú yì běn jiù qù shū lǐ de chéngshì lǚxíng yí cì

    The old man told him that he had borrowed all these books here when he was young; back then, every time he and his wife read one, they went to travel in that city.

    From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

  • 她一度以为,这里的人都很冷漠,自己永远也融不进去。

    tā yídù yǐwéi zhèli de rén dōu hěn lěngmò zìjǐ yǒngyuǎn yě róng bú jìnqu

    For a time she thought everyone here was cold and that she would never fit in.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • “来早市的人里,百分之七十是走路来的。如果这里变成停车楼,每天会有更多的车从我们学校门口经过。”

    lái zǎoshì de rén lǐ bǎifēnzhīqīshí shì zǒulù lái de rúguǒ zhèli biànchéng tíngchēlóu měitiān huì yǒu gèng duō de chē cóng wǒmen xuéxiào ménkǒu jīngguò

    "Seventy per cent of the people who come to the market walk here. If it becomes a car park, even more cars will pass our school gate every day."

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 这里

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).