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里弄 meaning in English

lǐlòng

lanes and alleys; neighborhood

14 strokes

Meaning of 里弄

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǐlòng
  1. lanes and alleys
  2. neighborhood
  3. lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

里弄 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà里lǐ弄nòng什shén么me呀ya？
What're you doing there?
你nǐ从cóng哪nǎ里lǐ弄nòng来lái这zhè把bǎ网wǎng球qiú拍pāi的de？
Where did you get this tennis racket?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

里 lǐ · lining · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

弄 nòng · to do · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 里弄.

这里zhèlǐhere
那里nàlǐthere; that place
哪里nǎlǐwhere?; somewhere
家里jiā lihome
里边lǐbianinside
心里xīnlǐchest; heart; mind
公里gōnglǐkilometer
里头lǐtouinside; interior
夜里yèlǐduring the night; at night
里面lǐmiàninside; interior
手里shǒu liin hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
眼里yǎnli

Questions about 里弄

What does 里弄 mean?

里弄 (lǐlòng) means "lanes and alleys; neighborhood".

How do you write 里弄?

里弄 is made of 2 characters: 里 (7 strokes), 弄 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.