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The word "这里" is formed by combining the demonstrative character "这", meaning "this", with the locative character "里", meaning "inside" or "place", to create a compound that literally denotes "this place" and functions as the pronoun "here".

Example Sentences Hide

这里很安静。

Zhèlǐ hěn ānjìng.

Here is very quiet.

我喜欢这里。

Wǒ xǐhuān zhèlǐ.

I like this place.

这里有很多书。

Zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō shū.

There are many books here.

请坐在这里。

Qǐng zuò zài zhèlǐ.

Please sit here.

这里是我出生的城市。

Zhèlǐ shì wǒ chūshēng de chéngshì.

This is the city where I was born.

Word Definition - 这里

zhè lǐ variant of 這裡|这里[zhè lǐ]; here

Individual Character Details

这 zhè, zhèi
里 lǐ, lǐ, lǐ, lǐ