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則

zé

rule, law, regulation; grades

Strokes
9
Radical
刀
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 则

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 则, the simplified form of 則. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 水至清则无鱼。

    Shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú

    Clear water breeds no fish.

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  • 一切规则都有例外。

    Yī qiè guī zé dōu yǒu lì wài

    Every rule has exceptions.

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  • 这则报告在最近发布了。

    Zhè zé bào gào zài zuì jìn fā bù le

    The report has been recently published.

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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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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 则

  • 否则fǒu zé 3–2 otherwise; if not; or (else)
  • 规则guī zé 1–2 rule; regulation; rules and regulations
  • 原则yuán zé 2–2 principle; doctrine
  • 则zé 2(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
  • 准则zhǔn zé 3–2 norm; standard; criterion
  • 以身作则yǐ shēn zuò zé 3–1–4–2to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model