(nà lǐ) - there, over there, that place in Mandarin

nàlǐ

Traditional: 那里

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Translation

there, over there, that place

Word origin

那里 (nàlǐ) 'there' joins the demonstrative 那 'that' with 里 'place, inside', literally 'that place'. 里 combines 田 'field' and 土 'earth'.

那

里

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He is over there.

。

That place is very far.

？

Are you going there?

。

I come from there.

。

There is a bookshop over there.

那里 (nà lǐ) means there, over there, that place. It is used as a pronoun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 4.