(lǐ miàn) - inside, interior, within in Mandarin

lǐmiàn

Traditional: 裡面

HSK 3

#363 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

inside, interior, within

Word origin

里面 means inside or interior. 里 (lǐ) means inside (here for 裏; the graph 里 combines 田 'field' and 土 'earth'). 面 (miàn) means face or surface, a pictograph of a face with an emphasised eye.

Origin: compound
Root: 里 (lǐ, inside) + 面 (miàn, surface)

Stroke order

里

面

Examples

？

What is inside the box?

。

It is dark inside the room.

。

Wait for me inside.

。

Two elderly people are sitting inside.

封fēng。

There is nothing inside the envelope.

里面 (lǐ miàn) - inside, interior, within.

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This word is part of lesson 8.