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How to write 例子

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例子 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 4. An upper-intermediate band covering a wider range of everyday and work topics.

例子 in a sentence

• 请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yī个gè例lì子zi。

  Please give me an example.

• 这zhè是shì一yī个gè好hǎo例lì子zi。

  This is a good example.

• 老lǎo师shī用yòng例lì子zi教jiào我wǒ们men。

  The teacher teaches us with examples.

例子 vs 比如 vs 榜样

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 比如 bǐ rú for example

  The connector 'for example / such as' — 比如水果 'like fruit'. 例子 is the noun 'an example'.

• 榜样 bǎng yàng role model

  'Example' as in exemplary person — 树立榜样 'set an example'. 例子 is just an illustration.