例 (lì) means Example (precedent - rule - case - instance). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们以这个句子为 例 。
Wǒmen yǐ zhège jùzi wéi lì.
Let us take this sentence as an example.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 以
这是一个生动的 例 子。
Zhè shì yí ge shēngdòng de lìzi.
This is a vivid example.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生动
这样的 例 子不止一个。
Zhèyàng de lìzi bùzhǐ yí ge.
There is more than one example of this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不止
这是一个典型的 例 子。
Zhè shì yí ge diǎnxíng de lìzi.
This is a typical example.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 典型
这次可以破一次 例 外。
Zhè cì kěyǐ pò yí cì lìwài.
An exception can be made this once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 例外
这次破 例 ，下不为 例 。
Zhè cì pòlì, xià bù wéi lì.
An exception this time, but not again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 破例
例 如这个字，就很难写。
Lìrú zhège zì, jiù hěn nán xiě.
This character, for instance, is hard to write.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 例如
这张地图的比 例 很清楚。
Zhè zhāng dìtú de bǐlì hěn qīngchu.
The scale of this map is very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 比例
打破惯 例 需要很大的勇气。
Dǎpò guànlì xūyào hěn dà de yǒngqì.
Breaking with convention takes considerable courage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惯例
校长破 例 同意了他的请求。
Xiàozhǎng pòlì tóngyì le tā de qǐngqiú.
The principal made an exception and agreed to his request.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 破例
男生和女生的比 例 是一比一。
Nánshēng hé nǚshēng de bǐlì shì yī bǐ yī.
The ratio of boys to girls is one to one.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 比例
按照惯 例 ，会议在周一举行。
Ànzhào guànlì, huìyì zài zhōuyī jǔxíng.
By convention the meeting is held on Monday.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惯例
这批舰艇正在进行 例 行训练。
Zhè pī jiàntǐng zhèngzài jìnxíng lìxíng xùnliàn.
These vessels are conducting routine training.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舰艇
所有人都要遵守，没有 例 外。
Suǒyǒu rén dōu yào zūnshǒu, méiyǒu lìwài.
Everyone must comply; there are no exceptions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 例外
我喜欢水果， 例 如苹果和葡萄。
Wǒ xǐhuan shuǐguǒ, lìrú píngguǒ hé pútao.
I like fruit, for example apples and grapes.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 例如
这本教材收集了上百个商业案 例 。
Zhè běn jiàocái shōují le shàng bǎi ge shāngyè ànlì.
This textbook collects more than a hundred business cases.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 案例
老师用一个真实的案 例 说明了这条法律。
Lǎoshī yòng yí ge zhēnshí de ànlì shuōmíng le zhè tiáo fǎlǜ.
The teacher used a real case to explain this law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 案例
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Words that contain 例
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Questions about 例
How is 例 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 例 (lì, "Example (precedent - rule - case - instance)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 例 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 例 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 例?
The dictionary page for 例 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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