里边

• 拼音: lǐ bian
• 汉字拆解: 里 (inside) + 边 (side, direction) — the inside area

含义

Inside. A location word meaning the interior, slightly more colloquial than 里面.

Interchangeable with 里面 in most contexts. Used after nouns to mean 'inside of.' Can also stand alone as 'the inside' (里边很暖和 = it's warm inside). More common in spoken northern Chinese. Contrast with 外边 (outside).

例句

1. 里边请坐。
2. 箱子里边有什么？
3. 商店里边人很多。

用法指南

语境: location, everyday

语气: conversational

正确说法

• 里边有人吗？(Is anyone inside?)
• 到里边坐吧。(Come sit inside.)

错误说法

• 我去里边的。(Awkward phrasing — say 我去里边 without 的)

起源与历史

Compound of 里 (inside) and 边 (side, direction) — the inside direction or area.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal