里弄

lǐlòng
  1. lanes and alleys
  2. neighborhood
  3. lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

CEDICT

  1. (dialectal) alley; lane, neighborhood; residential district
  2. alley; lane, neighborhood; residential district

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 里 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
=1 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=1 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 鎮 zhèn and neighborhood 鄰 lín levels
=2 弄 lòng
  1. lane
  2. alley
=2 弄 lòng variant of 弄 lòng

Related entries

街坊 jiēfāng
  1. neighborhood
  2. neighbor
鄰區 línqū
  1. neighborhood
  2. vicinity
鄰域 línyù (math.) neighborhood (in a topological space)
居民區 jūmínqū
  1. residential area
  2. neighborhood
社區 shèqū
  1. community
  2. neighborhood
社區是安靜的。

The neighborhood was silent.

Source: Tatoeba

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