则 則 zé (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 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 规格 規格 guī gé standard / norm / specification syn 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 合格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 准则 準則 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun syn 及格 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard syn 差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn 风纪 風紀 fēng jì standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline 横排 héng pái horizontal setting (printing) syn 课间操 課間操 kè jiān cāo setting-up exercises during the break (between classes) 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 设定 設定 shè dìng to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences 默认 默認 mò rèn to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting) 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 为准 為準 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 国际标准 國際標準 guó jì biāo zhǔn international standard 情境 qíng jìng situation / context / setting / environment syn 基准 基準 jī zhǔn (surveying) datum / standard / criterion / benchmark syn 达标 達標 dá biāo to reach a set standard syn 技术标准 技術標準 jì shù biāo zhǔn technology standard 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 落日 luò rì setting sun syn 不规范 不規範 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 缺省 quē shěng default (setting) 国标 國標 guó biāo national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3]) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞[guo2 ji4 biao1 zhun3 wu3]) 规范性 規範性 guī fàn xìng normal / standard 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 先进集体 先進集體 xiān jìn jí tǐ (official accolade) pace-setting team / exemplary group 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 斜阳 斜陽 xié yáng setting sun syn 标准间 標準間 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 掩映 yǎn yìng hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other syn 本位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 排放标准 排放標準 emission standard / emission requirement 行为准则 行為準則 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct / standard of conduct 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 审美观 審美觀 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard 标准普尔 標準普爾 biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 夕照 xī zhào glow of the setting sun syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 标准差 標準差 biāo zhǔn chā (statistics) standard deviation 标准时 標準時 biāo zhǔn shí standard time 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn 正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation syn 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 国标舞 國標舞 guó biāo wǔ international standard ballroom dancing 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 招股书 招股書 zhāo gǔ shū prospectus (setting out a share offer) 通例 tōng lì general rule / standard practice 金本位 jīn běn wèi gold standard 坎德拉 kǎn dé lā candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle 典 diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn syn 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn 臬 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) syn 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 问罪之师 問罪之師 wèn zuì zhī shī punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach 回光反照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 规矩准绳 規矩準繩 guī ju zhǔn shéng compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun 正体 正體 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters syn 标准语 標準語 biāo zhǔn yǔ standard language syn 标配 標配 biāo pèi to provide as a standard feature / standard feature / standard equipment / standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置|标准配置[biao1 zhun3 pei4 zhi4]) 通用汉字标准交换码 通用漢字標準交換碼 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3] 通用码 通用碼 tōng yòng mǎ Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码[Tong1 yong4 Han4 zi4 Biao1 zhun3 Jiao1 huan4 ma3]) 规范和标准制定措施 規範和標準制定措施 norm- and standard-setting measures 标准音 標準音 biāo zhǔn yīn standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) syn 银本位 銀本位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard) 银本位制 銀本位制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard) 标准定形 標准定形 biāo zhǔn dìng xíng standard mine-laying pattern / standard pattern 减少天然气放空燃烧和泄漏全球自愿标准 減少天然氣放空燃燒和泄漏全球自願標準 Global Gas Flaring and Venting Reduction Voluntary Standard / Voluntary Standard for Global Gas Flaring and Venting Reduction 既定治疗 既定治療 established treatment / conventional treatment / control treatment / comparison treatment / standard treatment / gold standard 传统治疗 傳統治療 established treatment / conventional treatment / control treatment / comparison treatment / standard treatment / gold standard 对比治疗 對比治療 established treatment / conventional treatment / control treatment / comparison treatment / standard treatment / gold standard 标准治疗 標準治療 established treatment / conventional treatment / control treatment / comparison treatment / standard treatment / gold standard 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 