这里
zhè lǐ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 這裡
Here, this place: the spot where the speaker is. It can be the subject of a sentence (这里有很多人 'there are a lot of people here') or follow 在: 在这里 'here, at this place'. 这儿 means the same; this form is a little less colloquial and is the usual one in writing and in the south.
Đây, chỗ này: nơi người nói đang ở. Có thể làm chủ ngữ (这里有很多人: ở đây có nhiều người) hoặc đứng sau 在 (在这里: ở đây). Nghĩa như 这儿, nhưng ít tính khẩu ngữ hơn, hay dùng trong văn viết và ở miền Nam Trung Quốc.
PronounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 这/這 = giá, 里/裡 = lí · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “这里” mean?
Here, this place: the spot where the speaker is. It can be the subject of a sentence (这里有很多人 'there are a lot of people here') or follow 在: 在这里 'here, at this place'. 这儿 means the same; this form is a little less colloquial and is the usual one in writing and in the south.
Is “这里” formal or informal?
这里 is generally neutral.