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例如

lì rú

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

例如 (lì rú) means "for example; such as". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 例如 means

1. for example; for instance; such as

The characters in 例如

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 如rúas; as if; such as

Example sentences

• 例如，这是一支笔。
  For example, this is a pen.
• 鱼类例如鲤鱼和鳟鱼生活在淡水中。
  Yúlèi lìrú lǐyú hé zūnyú shēnghuó zài dànshuǐ zhōng.
  Fish such as carp and trout live in fresh water.
• 日语 “Tatoeba” 是例如的意思。
  "Tatoeba" means "for example" in Japanese.
• 例如，在保加利亚摇头表示同意而点头表示不同意。
  Lìrú, zài Bǎojiālìyà yáotóu biǎoshì tóngyì ér diǎntóu biǎoshì bù tóngyì.
  For example in Bulgaria, shaking one's head means yes while nodding one's head means no.
• 例如，如果没有蜜蜂授粉，加州的杏仁作物就不会存在。
  Without bee pollination, California's almond crop, for example, would be non-existent.
• 保险有很多种，例如健康保险、火灾保险、人寿保险等等。
  Bǎoxiǎn yǒu hěn duōzhǒng, lìrú jiànkāngbǎoxiǎn, huǒzāi bǎoxiǎn, rénshòubǎoxiǎn děngděng.
  There are many kinds of insurance such as: health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

Where 例如 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Writing & study skills (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì rú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.