HSK 4 · Function Words

内 nèi “inside” in Chinese

Traditional 內

What 内 means

  1. inside
  2. inner
  3. internal
  4. within
  5. interior

How to say 内

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale内nèi4th tone, falling

内 in a sentence

  1. 您可以在三天内完成吗？

    Nín kěyǐ zài sān tiān nèi wánchéng ma?

    Can you finish it within three days?

    Sentence #9964307 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这封信在信封内。

    Zhè fēng xìn zài xìnfēng nèi.

    The letter is inside the envelope.

    Sentence #1388187 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 禁止入内。

    Jìnzhǐ rù nèi.

    No entry.

    Sentence #441487 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 内 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 内 (nèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
内nèiinside
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 人person · rén

How to write 内

内 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

内 (nèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 内 (nèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 内

Words with 内

内容nèiróng · content内科nèikē · internal medicine内部nèibù · inside内在nèizài · inner内幕nèimù · inside story内涵nèihán · connotation

More words: Particles & Connectors

例如lìrú · for example俩liǎ · two (colloquial equivalent of 两个)另外lìngwài · additional难道nándào · don’t tell me …篇piān · measure word for articles and essays其次qícì · next其中qízhōng · among千万qiānwàn · be sure to

FAQs

内 (nèi) means “inside” or “inner”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it nèi: nèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 内 is written 內. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 内 from the suggestions. Typing nei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
内 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.