"则" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Le caractère 则

Traditional
Radical
(2 traits)
Number of strokes
6
Structure
gauche et droite
HSK
HSK 5
Cangjie
BOLN 月人中弓
Wubi
MJH
GB 2312
D4F2
Unicode
U+5219

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
(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 syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
则个 則個 zé gè (old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
则已 則已 zé yǐ (literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
则步隆 則步隆 zé bù lóng Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
则辣黑 則辣黑 zé là hēi Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
原则 原則 yuán zé principle / doctrine / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise / if not / or (else) syn
规则 規則 guī zé rule / regulation / regular / orderly / fixed syn
准则 準則 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion syn
法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn
细则 細則 xì zé detailed rules and regulations / bylaws
一则 一則 yī zé on the one hand
守则 守則 shǒu zé rules / regulations syn
总则 總則 zǒng zé general rules / general principles / general provisions
实则 實則 shí zé actually / in fact syn
附则 附則 fù zé supplementary provision / bylaw / additional article (law)
正则 正則 zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry)
然则 然則 rán zé that being the case / then / in that case syn
通则 通則 tōng zé general rule / general principle
分则 分則 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
虽则 雖則 suī zé nevertheless / although syn
再则 再則 zài zé moreover / besides syn
罚则 罰則 fá zé penal provision / penalty
改则 改則 gǎi zé Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
简则 簡則 jiǎn zé general rule / simple principle
理则 理則 lǐ zé principle / logic
章则 章則 zhāng zé rule
原则上 原則上 yuán zé shang in principle / generally
不规则 不規則 bù guī zé irregular syn
武则天 武則天 wǔ zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
潜规则 潛規則 qián guī zé unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
日喀则 日喀則 rì kā zé see 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4ka1ze2 Shi4]
原则性 原則性 yuán zé xìng principled syn
林则徐 林則徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
无原则 無原則 wú yuán zé unprincipled

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