內 (noi6 | nei4) : inside; within

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內

noi6

nei4

[1] inside; within; interior [2] one's wife; wife's relatives [3] heart; mind; internals [4] imperial palace

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 入 (#11)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

內 / 内

Don't confuse with:
肉

This word has been viewed 15300 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:21

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以內 ji5 noi6 yi3 nei4 = within; inside

內疚 noi6 gau3 nei4 jiu4 = a guilty conscience; to feel guilty about; compunction

之內 zi1 noi6 zhi1 nei4 = inside; within

內心 noi6 sam1 nei4 xin1 = heart, innermost being/feelings

內臟 noi6 zong6 nei4 zang4 = internal organs

國內 gwok3 noi6 guo2 nei4 = domestic; interior

內蒙古 noi6 mung4 gu2 nei4 meng3 gu3 = Inner Mongolia

室內 sat1 noi6 shi4 nei4 = indoor; indoors

內地 noi6 dei6 nei4 di4 = interior; hinterland

內容 noi6 jung4 nei4 rong2 = contents
See all 147 compounds (CantoDict reports 154 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我在幾分鐘之內就到國
I'll be there in a few minutes.

車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
[MTR announcement]

請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]

內附表格乙份
Enclosed herewith one copy of the form

表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?

消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

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Decimal representation of this word: 內
Unicode code for this character: U+5167 (off-site link)

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