城裡

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (城裡/城裏)		城	裡/裏
simp. (城里)		城	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-li³
    • Yale: chéng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernglii
    • Palladius: чэнли (čɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ leoi⁵
    • Yale: sìhng léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

城裡

1. inside a city
2. city centre; downtown

   到城裡去淘金／到城里去淘金  ―  dào chénglǐ qù táojīn  ―  to go to the city to try to strike it rich

3. (archaic) inside the city walls

Synonyms

• (city centre):

• 城區／城区 (chéngqū)
• 市區／市区 (shìqū)
• 鬧區／闹区 (nàoqū)

 

Derived terms

• 城裡人／城里人 (chénglǐrén)