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例子

lì zi

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

例子 (lì zi) means "case; (for) instance; example". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 例子 means

1. case
2. (for) instance
3. example

The characters in 例子

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 给我个例子。
  Show me an example.
• 再给我举个例子。
  Show me another example.
• 给我另一个例子。
  Give me a different example.
• 你想得到例子吗？
  Can you think of any examples?
• 可以举几个例子吗？
  Please give us some examples.
• 这个例子举得不好。
  It's a bad example.

Sounds the same

Read lì zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 粒子grain (of rice); granule
• 栗子chestnut

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì zi correctly.
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