例如

Chinese

		example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance	as (if); such as
trad. (例如)		例	如
simp. #(例如)		例	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ jyu⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lē-lû / lē-lîr / lī-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìrú
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-ju²
    • Yale: lì-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihru
    • Palladius: лижу (ližu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: laih yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-lû
    • Tâi-lô: lē-lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexluu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²⁻²¹ lu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-lîr
    • Tâi-lô: lē-lîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹⁻²² lɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-jî
    • Tâi-lô: lī-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixjii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/

Verb

例如

1. to take for example; for example; for instance; such as

Synonyms

• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 比在 (Hokkien)
• 比如 (bǐrú)
• 比方 (colloquial)
• 比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
• 講比／讲比 (jiang³ bi³) (Sichuanese)
• 譬如 (pìrú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (例如):

• → Vietnamese: lệ như (例如)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
例	如

Conjunction

例如

1. chữ Hán form of lệ như.