家里

家裡

jiālǐ

noun HSK 1 #696

Meanings

1 home
2 at home

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

家里有人吗？

Jiālǐ yǒu rén ma?

Is anyone home?

HSK 2

妈妈在家里做饭。

Māma zài jiālǐ zuòfàn.

Mom is cooking at home.

HSK 2

我家里养了一只可爱的小狗。

Wǒ jiālǐ yǎng le yì zhī kěài de xiǎogǒu.

I keep a cute little dog at home.

Tips

grammar

家里 literally means 'inside the home'. The 里 suffix is used with many place words: 学校里 (in school), 房间里 (in the room).

Stroke Order

家 jiā

里 lǐ