"例子" meaning in Chinese

See 例子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɐi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /li²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /li²² t͡sz̩³³/ [Wu, Northern, Suzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 栗子 [alternative, humorous]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 例子
  1. example; instance; case; case in point (Classifier: 個/个 m) Synonyms: 事例 (shìlì), (lì) [in-compounds, literary], 例仔 [Hakka], 例證 (lìzhèng), 例证 (lìzhèng), 實例 (shílì) (english: actual example), 实例 (shílì) (english: actual example), (shì) [in-compounds, literary], 示例 (shìlì)

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "栗子",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "例子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to give an example",
          "roman": "jǔ ge lìzi",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "舉個例子",
          "translation": "to give an example",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to give an example",
          "roman": "jǔ ge lìzi",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "举个例子",
          "translation": "to give an example",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "example; instance; case; case in point (Classifier: 個/个 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-例子-zh-noun-Hcb-jrxp",
      "links": [
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "instance",
          "instance"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "case in point",
          "case in point"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "shìlì",
          "word": "事例"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lì",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "例"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "例仔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìzhèng",
          "word": "例證"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìzhèng",
          "word": "例证"
        },
        {
          "english": "actual example",
          "roman": "shílì",
          "translation": "actual example",
          "word": "實例"
        },
        {
          "english": "actual example",
          "roman": "shílì",
          "translation": "actual example",
          "word": "实例"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shì",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "式"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shìlì",
          "word": "示例"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶li-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²li₆-tsy₃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li⁴-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lì-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lih.tzy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liczy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лицзы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "例子",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "栗子",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laih jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lei⁶ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶li-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³li-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²li₆-tsy₃"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li^去 tsy^上"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²² t͡sz̩³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "例子"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "栗子",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "例子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 例",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 子",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to give an example",
          "roman": "jǔ ge lìzi",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "舉個例子",
          "translation": "to give an example",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to give an example",
          "roman": "jǔ ge lìzi",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "举个例子",
          "translation": "to give an example",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "example; instance; case; case in point (Classifier: 個/个 m)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "instance",
          "instance"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "case in point",
          "case in point"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶li-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²li₆-tsy₃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìzi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li⁴-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lì-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lih.tzy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liczy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лицзы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "例子",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "栗子",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laih jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai⁶ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lei⁶ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶li-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³li-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²li₆-tsy₃"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "li^去 tsy^上"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²² t͡sz̩³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shìlì",
      "word": "事例"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "例"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "例仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìzhèng",
      "word": "例證"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìzhèng",
      "word": "例证"
    },
    {
      "english": "actual example",
      "roman": "shílì",
      "translation": "actual example",
      "word": "實例"
    },
    {
      "english": "actual example",
      "roman": "shílì",
      "translation": "actual example",
      "word": "实例"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "式"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìlì",
      "word": "示例"
    }
  ],
  "word": "例子"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 例子 meaning in Chinese (4.6kB)

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