Chinese symbol for “exemplar”
事例
shì lì
example; exemplar; typical case
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exemplar is 事例 (shì lì), defined as: example; exemplar; typical case.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “exemplar”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 事例.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 事实 (事實) | shì shí | fact; 个 (gè) |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion; scale |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exemplar”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.