家裡

简 家里 · 繁 家裡
Mandarin · pinyin jiā lǐ

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  1. home
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家
jiā · house, home, residence; family
裡
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里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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1–3 · jia1 li3

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noun

  1. home; in one's house
  2. people in one's household; family
  3. (figurative) one's own group, one's own system
  4. (dated or regional) wife (humble, about own wife)

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