Chinese

這裡

zhèlǐ

here

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characterChinese這 “this; these”
- meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
  - ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
  - ideaChinese止 “foot”
- soundChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
characterChinese裡 “in; inside”
- meaningChinese衣 “garment; clothes; clothing (Classifier: 件)”
- soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
  - ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
  - ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”