里

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

里 character breakdown

里
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 里 as component

lí = li + Ø2

variant of 狸[li2]

lǐ = li + Ø3

lithium (chemistry)

lǐ = li + Ø3

nautical mile

lǐ = li + Ø3

rustic / vulgar / unrefined / abbr. for 俚語|俚语[li3 yu3], slang

lǐ = li + Ø3

old name for the 黎[Li2] ethnic group

mò = m + o4

Japanese variant of 默

kui̅ = ku + ei1

to laugh at

lǐ = li + Ø3

worried / afflicted

lǐ = li + Ø3

used in 妯娌[zhou2 li5]

lí = li + Ø2

basket for removing earth / spade

centiwatt (old)

Words with 里

make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance

folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)

folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)

orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt

Sanlitun (Beijing street name)

Sanlihe (Beijing street name)

lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu

Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu

Sentences with 里

dàn

bù

zhi̅

dà

wáng

hǎi

lǐ

kě

néng

qù

de

But are you able to dive into the sea?