‘公里’ (gōng lǐ) is the standard Chinese unit

'里面' (lǐ miàn) literally combines '里' (lǐ),

心里 (xīn lǐ) literally means 'inside the heart'

城里 (chéng lǐ) literally combines 城 (chéng),

家里 (jiā lǐ) literally combines 家 (jiā), mean

‘电梯’ (diàn tī) literally means ‘electric la

'电池' (diàn chí) literally means 'electric pool

‘电影’ literally means ‘electric shadow’—a hi

电视 (diàn shì) literally means 'electric vision

‘Diànnǎo’ literally means ‘electric brain’

'电话' literally means 'electric speech'—'电' (di

‘科学家’ (kē xué jiā) literally means ‘scien

作家 (zuò jiā) literally combines 作 (zuò), mea

家长 (jiā zhǎng) literally combines 家 (jiā, 'h

家乡 (jiā xiāng) literally combines 家 (jiā), m

家人 (jiā rén) literally combines 家 (jiā), mea

‘三岁’ literally combines the numeral ‘三’ (s

Three days (sān tiān) is a compound noun formed

'Sān míng zhì' is a phonetic loanword from Engl

'Three people walk together' is a classical Chines

‘三月’ literally means ‘three month’ and is th

三角形 (sān jiǎo xíng) literally means 'three-c

十月 literally means 'ten month' and is the standa

‘十岁’ literally means ‘ten years’ and is used

学期 (xué qī) literally combines 学 (xué), mean

学者 (xué zhě) is a formal noun meaning 'scholar

‘学问’ (xué wèn) is a formal, literary noun me

学校 (xué xiào) literally means 'study instituti

多数 (duō shù) literally combines 多 (duō, 'man

‘课后’ literally combines ‘课’ (kè), meaning

‘饭后’ literally combines ‘饭’ (fàn, meaning

背后 literally means 'back + behind' and functions

以后 (yǐhòu) literally combines 以 (yǐ, 'by' or

面包 (miàn bāo) literally means 'flour bun' —

‘方面’ (fāng miàn) literally combines ‘方’ (

‘面条’ (miàn tiáo) literally means ‘flour str

后面 (hòu miàn) literally combines 后 (hòu, 'ba

前面 (qián miàn) literally combines 前 (qián, '

传说 (chuán shuō) is a noun meaning 'legend' or

‘解说’ (jiě shuō) is a noun meaning 'explanati