城裡

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (城裡/城裏)		城	裡/裏
simp. (城里)		城	里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénglǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ leoi⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia² li³ / siann² li³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zen-li₆ / ²zen-⁴li₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénglǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénglǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-li³
  - Yale: chéng-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernglii
  - Palladius: чэнли (čɛnli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ leoi⁵
  - Yale: sìhng léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ lɵy̯¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sia² li³ [Phonetic: sia⁵ li³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siáⁿ-lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia¹³⁻¹¹ li⁴⁵³/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sia² li³ [Phonetic: sia⁵ i³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siáⁿ-lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia¹³⁻¹¹ ^(l-)i⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siann² li³ [Phonetic: siann⁵ li³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬĩã²⁴⁻²¹ li³³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-li₆
  - MiniDict: zen^去 li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-li₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² li⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ²zen-⁴li₃
  - MiniDict: zen^平 'li^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zən¹³ li³¹/

Noun

城裡

inside a city
city centre; downtown
到城裡去淘金／到城里去淘金 ― dào chénglǐ qù táojīn ― to go to the city to try to strike it rich
(archaic) inside the city walls

Synonyms

(city centre):

城區 / 城区 (chéngqū)
市區 / 市区 (shìqū)
鬧區 / 闹区 (nàoqū)

Derived terms

城裡人 / 城里人 (chénglǐrén)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “城里”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 483.