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里面lǐ miàninside

HSK 2word

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里面 (lǐ miàn) means "inside" or "interior," as in 房间里面有人 (There is someone inside the room), 包里面有一本书 (There is a book inside the bag) and 冰箱里面有水果 (There is fruit inside the fridge). In each example, 里面 names the space within the room, the bag or the fridge.

What does 里面 mean?

  1. 1.

    insidenoun

  2. 2.

    interiornoun

What do the characters in 里面 mean?

  • 里inside
  • 面side

How do you use 里面?

See it in 房间里面有人, 包里面有一本书 and 冰箱里面有水果.

What are some examples of 里面 in a sentence?

  1. 房间里面有人。

    Fángjiān lǐmiàn yǒu rén.

    There is someone inside the room.

  2. 包里面有一本书。

    Bāo lǐmiàn yǒu yì běn shū.

    There is a book inside the bag.

  3. 冰箱里面有水果。

    Bīngxiāng lǐmiàn yǒu shuǐguǒ.

    There is fruit inside the fridge.

How is 里面 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    我饿了。

    Wǒ è le.

    I'm hungry.

  2. Speaker B:

    冰箱里面有水果。

    Bīngxiāng lǐmiàn yǒu shuǐguǒ.

    There is fruit inside the fridge.

  3. Speaker A:

    我的书呢?

    Wǒ de shū ne?

    Where's my book?

  4. Speaker B:

    包里面有一本书。

    Bāo lǐmiàn yǒu yì běn shū.

    There is a book inside the bag.

Can you use 里面 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 房间___有人。 (There is someone inside the room.)
  2. 2.What does 冰箱里面有水果。 mean?
  3. 3.Fill in the blank: 包___有一本书。 (There is a book inside the bag.)

What should you learn next?

English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.