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制度

zhì dù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

制度 (zhì dù) means "system; policy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 制度 means

1. system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
2. institution

The characters in 制度

• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 他们改变了制度。
  Tāmen gǎibiàn le zhìdù.
  They changed the system.
• 林肯反对奴隶制度。
  Lincoln was opposed to slavery.
• 美国废除了奴隶制度。
  Měiguó fèichú le núlì zhìdù.
  America did away with slavery.
• 首先，我想宣布几条新制度。
  Shǒuxiān, wǒ xiǎng xuānbù jǐ tiáo xīn zhìdù.
  In the first place, I would like to announce several new regulations.
• 我们想修改学校的规章制度。
  We want to modify the regulations of our school.
• 共产主义是在苏联被实行的制度。
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì shì zài Sūlián bèi shíxíng de zhìdù.
  Communism is the system practiced in the Soviet Union.

Words starting with 制度

• 制度化zhì dù huàsystematization

Words containing 制度

• 规章制度guī zhāng zhì dùrules and regulations
• 封建制度fēng jiàn zhì dùfeudalism
• 会计制度kuài jì zhì dùaccounting system
• 审级制度shěn jí zhì dùsystem of appeals (to higher court)
• 等级制度děng jí zhì dùhierarchy
• 户口制度hù kǒu zhì dùPRC system of compulsory registration
• 种姓制度zhǒng xìng zhì dùcaste system
• 奴隶制度nú lì zhì dùslavery
• 八旗制度Bā qí zhì dùEight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500…

Where 制度 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Approval, Permission & Regulation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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