排他

páitā

adjective

Meanings

1 exclusive
2 excluding others
3 not coexisting with

Characters

exclude, push away

Examples

他们签订了排他性的合作协议。

Tāmen qiāndìngle páitā xìng de hézuò xiéyì.

They signed an exclusive cooperation agreement.

这两个条件是相互排他的。

Zhè liǎng ge tiáojiàn shì xiānghù páitā de.

These two conditions are mutually exclusive.

Tips

usage

Most often appears with the 性 suffix to form the noun 排他性 (exclusivity / exclusiveness), which is heavily used in legal, business, and logical contexts. 排他性合同 = exclusive contract; 排他性事件 = mutually exclusive events (probability).

Stroke Order

排 pái

他 tā