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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

里面

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lǐmiàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inside/ˈɪn.saɪd/
nounadjectiveadverbprepositionCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #350 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"把东西放在箱子里面。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As preposition
  1. 1

    Situated or moving into an interior space or container.

    "She left her keys inside the car."
As adverb
  1. 1

    Within a building, room, or container.

    "It started to rain, so we went inside."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'innan' (within) combined with 'side' (flank, direction). Historically evolved to denote the internal parts, spaces, or contents enclosed within a boundary or physical structure.

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