苛例

Chinese

		severe; exacting	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (苛例)		苛	例
simp. #(苛例)		苛	例

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ lai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kelì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-li⁴
    • Yale: kē-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kelih
    • Palladius: кэли (kɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ lai⁶
    • Yale: hō laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/

Noun

苛例

1. (formal) harsh law

   排華苛例／排华苛例  ―  páihuá kēlì  ―  anti-Chinese laws

   四三苛例 [Written Vernacular Chinese]  ―  sei³ saam¹ ho¹ lai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 ("Forty-Three harsh law", in reference to the number of regulations within)