Chinese Word Entry

成例
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): chéng lì
Definitions:
  1. an established precedent

  2. a convention


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Chinese characters used in this word

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach, completed, finished, fixed
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄥˊ (chéng)
Cantonese: sing4
Japanese: セイ (sei)、 ジョウ (jou) / な.る (naru)、 な.す (nasu)、 -な.す (-nasu)、 たいらげる (tairageru)
Korean: 성 (seong)
Vietnamese: thành

example, custom, usage, precedent, regulation
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧˋ (lì), ㄌㄧㄝˋ (liè)
Cantonese: lai6
Japanese: レイ (rei)、 レツ (retsu) / たと.える (tatoeru)、 たぐい (tagui)、 ためし (tameshi)
Korean: 례 (rye), 예 (ye)
Vietnamese: lệ, lề