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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 里弄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
里弄 lǐ lòng - lanes and alleys
- neighborhood
- lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

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
- - 13,510 32,978 27,064

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]
lòng- lane
- alley
nòng- to do
- to manage
- to handle
- to play with
- to fool with
- to mess with
- to fix
- to toy with
nòng- old variant of 弄[nong4]
lòng- variant of 弄[long4]

Other Words Containing 里弄

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
里弄 - - 13,510 32,978 27,064