Chinese symbol for “illustrate”
示例
shì lì
to illustrate; typical example
The closest CC-CEDICT match for illustrate is 示例 (shì lì), defined as: to illustrate; typical example.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “illustrate”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 示例.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit |
| 指示 | zhǐ shì | to point out; to indicate |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration |
| 示范 (示範) | shì fàn | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion; scale |
See also: Japanese symbol for “illustrate”.
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.