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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 里外

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
里外 lǐ wài - inside and out
- or so

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 49,174 34,118 25,497

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- Li (surname)
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- variant of 裡|里[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external

Other Words Containing 里外

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
里里外外 - - 26,139 45,629 40,045
里外 - - 49,174 34,118 25,497