州里

zhōulǐ

noun #20,018

Meanings

1 in the prefecture
2 in one's home county / neighborhood

Characters

prefecture / administrative region

inside / neighborhood / li (unit of length)

Examples

HSK 7-9

州里的乡亲们都来帮忙。

Zhōulǐ de xiāngqīn men dōu lái bāngmáng.

All the neighbors from the local area came to help.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

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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