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English translation
kilometer
Chinese characters:
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公里 ( gongli / gōnglĭ ) is composed of these characters:
公 (gong)
, 里 (li)
公里 ( gongli / gōnglĭ ) in traditional characters
公裏
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 公里 ( gongli / gōnglĭ ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Wo de jia li xuexiao dayue san gongli.
Wŏ de jiā lí xuéxiào dàyuē sān gōnglĭ. – English translation: My home is about 3 kilometers away from school.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
public | Li = a unit of length equal to half kilometer
公里 ( gongli / gōnglĭ ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 783)
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