城裡

简 城里 · 繁 城裡
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsing4 leoi5

Meanings

  1. in
  2. inside the city
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Same syllable, six tones

leoileoi1—leoi2—leoi3—雷leoi4thunder旅leoi5trip类leoi6kind

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: cheng2 li3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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noun

  1. inside a city
  2. city centre; downtown
  3. (archaic) inside the city walls

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

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Exact source record & identity城裡 城里 [cheng2 li3] {sing4 leoi5} /in/ inside the city/

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