規則

See also: 规则

Chinese

		compass; rule	(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle
trad. (規則)		規	則
simp. (规则)		规	则

Etymology

Attestable in Classical Chinese texts. Later popularized from Japanese 規(き)則(そく) (kisoku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ zak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi-chet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kui-chek / kui-chak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui¹ zêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kue-tseq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueizé
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-tsê²
    • Yale: gwēi-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueitzer
    • Palladius: гуйцзэ (gujczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ zak¹
    • Yale: kwāi jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ dzak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ zeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-chet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui´ zed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui¹ zed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴ t͡set̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-chek
    • Tâi-lô: kui-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuizeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-chak
    • Tâi-lô: kui-tsak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuizag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ t͡sak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui¹ zêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui tsek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³⁻²³ t͡sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kue-tseq
    • MiniDict: kue^平 tseh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kue-tseq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵⁵ t͡səʔ²¹/

Noun

規則

1. rule; regulation (Classifier: 條／条 m)

   議事規則／议事规则  ―  yìshì guīzé  ―  rules of order

Synonyms

• 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 則度／则度 (zédù) (literary)
• 守則／守则 (shǒuzé)
• 方案 (fāng'àn)
• 條例／条例 (tiáolì)
• 條規／条规 (tiáoguī)
• 法度 (fǎdù)
• 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
• 紀綱／纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
• 綱目／纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 繩墨／绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
• 規／规 (literary, or in compounds)
• 規定／规定 (guīdìng)
• 規條／规条 (guītiáo)
• 規準／规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
• 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ)

 

Adjective

規則

1. regular; fixed

   他的生活很不規則。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的生活很不规则。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de shēnghuó hěn bù guīzé. [Pinyin]

   His life is very irregular.

Derived terms

• 不規則／不规则 (bùguīzé)
• 交規／交规 (jiāoguī)
• 交通規則／交通规则 (jiāotōng guīzé)
• 潛規則／潜规则 (qiánguīzé)
• 規則動詞／规则动词 (guīzé dòngcí)
• 規章／规章 (guīzhāng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
規	則
き Grade: 5	そく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きそ​く [kìsóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) き​そく [kíꜜsòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

規(き)則(そく) • (kisoku) 

1. rule; regulation

Korean

Hanja in this term
規	則

Noun

規則 • (gyuchik) (hangeul 규칙)

1. Hanja form^? of 규칙 (“rule; code; regulation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
規	則

Noun

規則

1. chữ Hán form of quy tắc (“rule; code; principle”).