州里 (zhōulǐ): in the prefecture

Meanings

1 in the prefecture
2 in one's home county / neighborhood (classical usage)

Characters

州

zhōu

prefecture / administrative region

里

lǐ

inside / neighborhood / li (unit of length)

Examples

州里的乡亲们都来帮忙。

Zhōulǐ de xiāngqīnmen dōu lái bāngmáng.

All the neighbors from the local area came to help.

此人在州里颇有名望。

Cǐ rén zài zhōulǐ pō yǒu míngwàng.

This person has considerable prestige in the local area.

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州里 is a classical or old-fashioned term for one's local prefecture or community. It appears in historical texts and period dramas but is rarely used in modern everyday speech.

Stroke Order

州 zhōu

里 lǐ

Related Words

州 zhōu #1,347

state / province / prefecture

家里 jiālǐ HSK 1 #696

home / at home

州长 zhōuzhǎng #4,372

governor (of a US state)

州立 zhōulì #8,572

state-run; state (as modifier, e.g. state university) / established by the state (US context)

家里人 jiālǐrén #7,859

family members / one's folks at home

这里 zhèlǐ HSK 1 #76

here

嘴里 zuǐlǐ #2,655

in one's mouth / inside the mouth

德州 dézhōu #4,853

Texas / Dezhou (city in Shandong, China)

莫里斯 mòlǐsī #5,254

Morris (name) / Maurice (name)

眼里 yǎnlǐ HSK 4 #3,901

in one's eyes / within one's vision