HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

这里 zhèlǐ “here” in Chinese

Traditional 這裡

What 这里 means

  1. here

How to say 这里

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale里lǐ3rd tone, dipping

这里 in a sentence

  1. 我在这里有朋友。

    Wǒ zài zhèlǐ yǒu péngyou.

    I have friends here.

    Sentence #11515267 from Tatoeba

  2. 这里很冷。

    Zhèlǐ hěn lěng.

    It’s very cold here.

    Sentence #381930 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们能在这里游泳吗？

    Wǒmen néng zài zhèlǐ yóuyǒng ma?

    Can we swim here?

    Sentence #5865522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 这里 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 这 (zhè) with each of its parts in a different colour
这zhèthis; these
  • 文script · wén
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 up to the writing 文 right in front of you: this.

The character 里 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
里lǐlining
  • 田field · tián
  • 土earth · tǔ

Memory aidFields 田 and earth 土: a village. As a simplified character it also stands for 裏, “inside”.

How to write 这里

这 7 strokes · 里 7 strokes

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

Words related to 这里

Words with 这

这zhè · this这儿zhèr · here这些zhèxiē · these这个zhège · this one这边zhèbiān · this side这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

Words with 里

里lǐ · inside那里nàli · there哪里nǎlǐ · where?里面lǐmiàn · inside心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart公里gōnglǐ · kilometre里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone

More words: Places & Getting Around

前qián · front书店shūdiàn · bookstore外边wàibian · outside这边zhèbiān · this side车站chēzhàn · rail station出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out

FAQs

这里 (zhèlǐ) means “here”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it zhèlǐ: zhè with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd 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, 这里 is written 這裡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zheli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这里 from the suggestions. Typing zheli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这里 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.