nèi
noun #26,159

Meanings

  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 inner
  3. 3 internal
  4. 4 within
  5. 5 interior

Examples

Qǐng zài guīdìng shíjiān nèi wánchéng rènwù.
Please complete the task within the stipulated time.
Shì nèi wēndù bǐ shìwài gāo hěnduō.
The indoor temperature is much higher than outdoors.

Tips

usage
is the traditional form; the simplified form is . Both are pronounced nèi. In modern simplified Chinese text, and are used interchangeably, but is more common in Traditional Chinese contexts (Taiwan, Hong Kong).

Components

radical
enter; go in
Inside — pictograph of an arrowhead or wedge pointing downward, the indexing radical. With the frame outside and "enter" inside, the compound-ideograph reads "having entered the borders" — i.e. inside. The simplified substitutes for .
semantic
jiōng
open frame; borders
Outer down-box frame — represents a boundary or borders of a space. Distinct from (full enclosure) — is open at the bottom. Here it sets up the spatial frame: the outer container, the walls of a building or vessel.

Stroke Order

nèi