例外
Old HSK 6
例外 (lìwài) · exception
例外 (lìwài) means “exception; to be an exception”. It is written with 2 characters: 例 (precedent) + 外 (outside). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 例外 is built
The characters
例 lì · precedent
What 例 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 列liè — a line
- 歹dǎi — corpse
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夕xī — evening
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 歹dǎi — corpse
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 列 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
外 wài · outside
What 外 is made of
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
每个人都要排队，没有例外。Měi gè rén dōu yào páiduì, méiyǒu lìwài.Everyone must queue, no exceptions.
他平时不喝酒，今天是个例外。Tā píngshí bù hējiǔ, jīntiān shì gè lìwài.He doesn't usually drink; today is an exception.
Questions about 例外
What does 例外 mean?
例外 (lìwài) means “exception; to be an exception”.
How do you pronounce 例外?
例外 is pronounced lìwài.
Which HSK level is 例外?
例外 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 例如lìrúfor example
- 例子lìziexample
- 比例bǐlìproportion
- 案例ànlìcase
- 惯例guànlìusual practice
- 破例pòlìto make an exception
- 举例jǔlìto give an example
- 国外guówàiabroad
- 外边wàibianoutside
- 外国wàiguóforeign country
Learn 例外 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 116: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.