范例 (fàn lì) — example; model | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

examplemodel

范例。
Zhè ge xiàng mù kě yǐ zuò wéi chéng gōng de fàn lì.
This project can serve as a successful model.
范例。
Tā de yán jiū tí gōng le hěn duō fàn lì.
His research provided many examples.
范例。
Zhè piān wén zhāng shì xué shù lùn wén de fàn lì.
This article is a model of academic writing.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

例lìexample

范 suggests a model, and 例 suggests an example.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

氾

氾fán范fàn

Same sound today

范 pairs 艸 (grass) with 氾, which gives its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻列例

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

列

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

例 is built from 亻, which relates to people, and 列, which gives the sound.

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