规则

Character by character

• 规guī8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 規rules, regulations, customs, law
• 则zé6 strokesHSK 4 traditional 則rule, law, regulation; grades

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 一切规则都有例外。

  Yī qiè guī zé dōu yǒu lì wài

  Every rule has exceptions.

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• 你能帮我说明一下规则吗？

  Nǐ néng bāng wǒ shuō míng yī xià guī zé ma

  Will you explain the rule to me?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 规则. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 则zéHSK 7

  (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items

• 规定guī dìngHSK 3

  to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

• 否则fǒu zéHSK 4

  otherwise; if not; or (else)

• 原则yuán zéHSK 4

  principle; doctrine

• 规划guī huàHSK 5

  to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program

• 规模guī móHSK 4

  scale; scope; extent

• 规律guī lǜHSK 4

  rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior; regular pattern; rhythm; discipline

• 常规cháng guīHSK 6

  code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)

• 规矩guī juHSK 7

  lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved

• 大规模dà guī móHSK 4

  large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale

• 犯规fàn guīHSK 6

  to break the rules; an illegality; a foul

• 法规fǎ guīHSK 5

  legislation; statute

• 准则zhǔn zéHSK 7

  norm; standard; criterion

• 违规wéi guīHSK 5

  to violate the rules

• 规范guī fànHSK 3

  norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify

• 正规zhèng guīHSK 5

  regular; according to standards

• 规章guī zhāng

  rule; regulation

• 规格guī géHSK 7

  standard; norm; specification

• 以身作则yǐ shēn zuò zéHSK 7

  to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model