例外

Chinese

		example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (例外)		例	外
simp. #(例外)		例	外

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 例(れい)外(がい) (reigai), first attested in the 17th volume of 《日本國志》 by Huang Zunxian in 1890.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ ngoi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li-ngoi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē-gōa / lī-gōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁷ ghua⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìwài
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-wai⁴
    • Yale: lì-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihway
    • Palladius: ливай (livaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: laih ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-ngoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: li ngoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ ŋoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: lē-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexgoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²⁻²¹ ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹⁻²² ɡua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le³³⁻¹¹ ɡua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³⁻²¹ ɡua³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: lī-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixgoa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ ɡua²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁷ ghua⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lī guā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹ ɡua¹¹/

Verb

例外

1. to make an exception; to be excepted

Synonyms

• 破例 (pòlì)

Noun

例外

1. exception

Derived terms

• 例外主義／例外主义 (lìwài zhǔyì)
• 例外論／例外论 (lìwàilùn)
• 無一例外／无一例外 (wúyīlìwài)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (例外):

• → Japanese: 例外(れいがい) (reigai)
• → Korean: 예외(例外) (ye'oe)
• → Vietnamese: lệ ngoại (例外)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
例	外
れい Grade: 4	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーがい [rèégáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

例(れい)外(がい) • (reigai) 

1. exception