里弄

Traditional form:

里弄

Pinyin (reading):

lǐlòng

Definitions:

• lanes and alleys
• neighborhood
• lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

Characters:

• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

Traditional characters:

• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with