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规

guī

HSK 4 Character Traditional 規

What 规 means

1. compass
2. a rule
3. regulation
4. to admonish
5. to plan
6. to scheme

Other readings

规 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• guīvariant of {规|guī}

Example sentences

• 规矩点。
  Behave yourself.
• 有规矩的。
  There are rules.
• 遵守规则！
  Follow the rules.
• 你坏了规矩。
  Nǐ huàile guīju.
  You broke the rule.
• 这违反规则。
  That's against the rules.
• 我遵守规矩。
  I follow the rules.

Words starting with 规

• 规定guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations…
• 规模guī móscale; scope; extent
• 规则guī zérule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
• 规律guī lǜrule (e.g. of science); law of behavior; regular pattern
• 规矩guī julit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule
• 规划guī huàto draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program
• 规范guī fànnorm; standard; specification
• 规格guī géstandard; norm; specification
• 规章guī zhāngrule; regulation
• 规范化guī fàn huàto standardize; standardization
• 规章制度guī zhāng zhì dùrules and regulations
• 规避guī bìto evade; to dodge
• 规律性guī lǜ xìngregular
• 规劝guī quànto advise
• 规程guī chéngrules; regulations
• 规范性guī fàn xìngnormal; standard
• 规制guī zhìto regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory
• 规条guī tiáoregulations
• 规正guī zhèngto admonish
• 规管guī guǎnto regulate
• 规约guī yuēterms (of an agreement)
• 规则化guī zé huàregularity
• 规则性guī zé xìngregularity
• 规划人员guī huà rén yuánplanner

Words containing 规

• 正规zhèng guīregular; according to standards
• 法规fǎ guīlegislation; statute
• 大规模dà guī mólarge scale; extensive; wide scale
• 常规cháng guīcode of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)
• 违规wéi guīto violate the rules
• 犯规fàn guīto break the rules; an illegality; a foul
• 不规则bù guī zéirregular
• 校规xiào guīschool rules and regulations
• 明文规定míng wén guī dìngexpressly stipulated (in writing)
• 循规蹈矩xún guī dǎo jǔto follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly…
• 中规中矩zhòng guī zhòng jǔconforming with the norms of society
• 正规军zhèng guī jūnregular army; standing army
• 常规赛cháng guī sài(sports) regular season
• 圆规yuán guīcompass (drafting)
• 初具规模chū jù guī mó(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
• 合规hé guīcompliance
• 子规zǐ guīcuckoo
• 定规dìng guīto decide; to determine; established practice
• 家规jiā guīfamily rules; family code of conduct
• 成规chéng guīestablished rules; the beaten track
• 新规xīn guīnew rule
• 日规rì guīsundial
• 条规tiáo guīrule
• 交规jiāo guītraffic rules (abbr. for 交通规则

Characters that look like 规

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 既jìalready; since; both... (and...)
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 砚yànink-stone

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel