例 lì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 列 a line
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
例外
lìwài
exception
Characters in this word
外 wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- Made of
- 夕 evening, night, dusk 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 没有例外。 Méiyǒu lìwài. There are no exceptions.
- 他是例外。 Tā shì lìwài. He is an exception.
- 今天例外。 Jīntiān lìwài. Today is an exception.
Related words
- 例如 lìrú for example
- 例子 lìzi example
- 比例 bǐlì proportion; ratio
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外 wài outside, outer
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 外卖 wàimài takeout delivery
- 以外 yǐwài outside; except for
- 另外 lìngwài other; in addition