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例子

lì zi 4–5

case; (for) instance; example

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
例 · 子
Syllables
2
lì zi
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 5,034

Part of speech: n

Character by character

  • 例lì8 strokesHSK 2precedent, example; regulation
  • 子zǐ3 strokesHSK 1offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 给我个例子。

    Gěi wǒ gè lì zǐ

    Show me an example.

  • 你想得到例子吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng de dào lì zi ma

    Can you think of any examples?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 例子. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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