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Expressing “Including” with “zài nèi”

在内

zài nèi

How it works

在内 (zài nèi) means “including” or “counting... in.” It is used when the speaker wants to clearly include a certain item or group within a larger total.

It often appears in formal or written Chinese.

The pattern

Noun + 在内 (zài nèi)

Example sentences

包括经理在内,一共有十五个人参加了这次会议。

Bāokuò jīnglǐ zài nèi, yí gòng yǒu shíwǔ ge rén cānjiā le zhè cì huìyì.

Including the manager, a total of fifteen people attended this meeting.

所有费用,交通费和住宿费在内,大概需要五千元左右。

Suǒyǒu fèiyòng, jiāotōngfèi hé zhùsùfèi zài nèi, dàgài xūyào wǔ qiān yuán zuǒyòu.

All expenses, including transportation and accommodation, will cost about five thousand yuan.

这套资料,练习题和答案在内,一共分成四个部分。

Zhè tào zīliào, liànxítí hé dá’àn zài nèi, yí gòng fēn chéng sì ge bùfen.

This set of materials, including exercises and answers, is divided into four parts in total.

Key point

This is a formal way to say that something is part of the total count or scope.

Source: HelloMandarin · Revised edition, 2026 · PDF p. 251.

Old_HSK_1-6_Grammar_Points_2.0.pdf

Old six-level teaching collection. This is an independent learning reference.

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