准 zhǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
准则
zhǔnzé
criterion; guideline; principle
Characters in this word
则 zé
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学术诚信不只是口号，而是所有研究者必须遵守的基本准则。 Xuéshù chéngxìn bù zhǐ shì kǒuhào, ér shì suǒyǒu yánjiūzhě bìxū zūnshǒu de jīběn zhǔnzé. Academic integrity is not merely a slogan, but a basic principle that all researchers must observe.
- 做决定时，我的准则是先考虑别人的感受。 Zuò juédìng shí, wǒ de zhǔnzé shì xiān kǎolǜ biérén de gǎnshòu. When making decisions, my principle is to consider other people's feelings first.
- 这家公司把诚实守信当作最重要的行为准则。 Zhè jiā gōngsī bǎ chéngshí shǒuxìn dàngzuò zuì zhòngyào de xíngwéi zhǔnzé. This company treats honesty and trustworthiness as its most important code of conduct.
Related words
- 准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare; to plan to
- 准确 zhǔnquè accurate
- 标准 biāozhǔn standard
- 批准 pīzhǔn to approve
- 准 zhǔn accurate; exact
- 准时 zhǔnshí on time
- 精准 jīngzhǔn accurate, precise
- 不准 bùzhǔn not to allow; not permitted
- 基准 jīzhǔn benchmark; reference standard; baseline
- 没准儿 méizhǔnr perhaps; maybe; not certain
- 瞄准 miáozhǔn to aim at; to target
- 水准 shuǐzhǔn standard; level