城里

城裡
chénglǐ
  1. (archaic) inside the city walls
  2. city centre; downtown
  3. inside a city
  4. inside the city walls

Wiktionary

HSK 5

Examples

我载她去城裡了。

I gave her a lift to town.

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消息在城里传遍了。

In the city, the information is flooding.

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这是城裡最糟糕的旅馆。

This is the worst hotel in town.

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城裡有一家古老的电影院。

There's an old movie theater in town.

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城裡的商业区有很多旅馆。

There are many hotels in the city's business district.

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Entry Composition

1 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個
=2 里 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
=2 里 Lǐ Li (surname)
=2 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 zhèn and neighborhood 邻 lín levels

Containing this entry

城里人 chénglǐrén city dweller; townspeople