里面

裏面

lǐmiàn

noun HSK 3 #347

Meanings

1 inside
2 within

Characters

Examples

箱子里面有什么？

Xiāngzi lǐmiàn yǒu shénme?

What's inside the box?

请进来，里面坐。

Qǐng jìnlái, lǐmiàn zuò.

Please come in and sit inside.

教室里面很安静。

Jiàoshì lǐmiàn hěn ānjìng.

It's very quiet inside the classroom.

Tips

grammar

里面 and 里 are interchangeable in most cases. 里面 is slightly more emphatic. 书包里 = 书包里面 = inside the backpack.

Stroke Order

里 lǐ

面 miàn