惯 guàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 贯 to pierce, to string up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
惯例
guànlì
convention; usual practice
Characters in this word
例 lì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 列 a line
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 按照学术界的惯例，引用未发表资料必须先征得作者同意。 Ànzhào xuéshù jiè de guànlì, yǐnyòng wèi fābiǎo zīliào bìxū xiān zhēngdé zuòzhě tóngyì. According to academic convention, citing unpublished materials requires the author's prior consent.
- 按照惯例，新同事第一天要请大家喝咖啡。 Ànzhào guànlì, xīn tóngshì dìyī tiān yào qǐng dàjiā hē kāfēi. By custom, a new colleague treats everyone to coffee on the first day.
- 这家餐厅有个惯例，每周五晚上都有免费甜点。 Zhè jiā cāntīng yǒu ge guànlì, měi zhōuwǔ wǎnshang dōu yǒu miǎnfèi tiándiǎn. This restaurant has a tradition of free dessert every Friday evening.
Related words
- 习惯 xíguàn habit
- 惯 guàn to spoil; to indulge; to be accustomed to
- 惯性 guànxìng inertia; force of habit
- 娇惯 jiāoguàn to pamper; to spoil
- 司空见惯 sīkōngjiànguàn commonplace; nothing unusual
- 例如 lìrú for example
- 例子 lìzi example
- 比例 bǐlì proportion; ratio
- 例外 lìwài exception
- 案例 ànlì case, example
- 破例 pòlì to make an exception
- 史无前例 shǐwúqiánlì unprecedented