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

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

inside a city
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
(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)

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