Re: How does the word 里 behave?

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student456
I know how 内 behaves, but how does the word 里 behave?

I mean: what is the difference between these two expressions?

室里

and

里室 ?

The word 室 , room, is just an example here, it could be some other word too.

Thanks.

As far as my limited understanding goes:

室里 - “In the room"

X里室X - I think this is missing extra characters (marked by X's), since "里" as a post-position won't go in front of a noun like this. (I know of no compounds where 里 goes first, except for things like 裡頭 or 裡面 where I think it becomes a noun which functions independently.)

If we could form a noun like 里室, though, it would probably mean 'inner room'.