Chinese

例如

/li⁵¹ ɻu³⁵/
to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese例 “example; instance”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese列 “to tear apart; to break up; to separate; to split”
      • ideaChinese歹 “bone remnants”
      • soundChinese𡿪
      • ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
  • characterChinese如 “to be like; as; as if; as though”
    • soundChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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