里面

Character by character

• 里lǐ7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 裏unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
• 面miàn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 麵face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 里面. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 里lǐHSK 1

  lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里

• 这里zhè lǐHSK 1

  here

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 面miànHSK 2

  face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

• 哪里nǎ lǐHSK 1

  where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里

• 那里nà liHSK 1

  there; that place

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)

• 家里jiā lǐHSK 1

  home

• 面对miàn duìHSK 3

  to face; to confront

• 心里xīn liHSK 2

  chest; heart; mind

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

  outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 见面jiàn miànHSK 1

  to meet; to see each other

• 面临miàn línHSK 4

  to face sth; to be confronted with

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 一面yī miànHSK 7

  one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face

• 全面quán miànHSK 3

  all-around; comprehensive; total; overall

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 地面dì miànHSK 4

  floor; ground; surface

• 画面huà miànHSK 5

  scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view