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规定

guī dìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 規定

规定 (guī dìng) means "rule; regulation; to stipulate/specify". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 规定 means

1. to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)
2. regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

The characters in 规定

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 这条规定不许例外。
  Zhè tiáo guīdìng bù xǔ lìwài.
  This rule allows no exception.
• 学校规定学生不能抽烟。
  The school rules that students cannot smoke.
• 这个规定太不人性化了。
  This rule is so inhumane.
• 各种规定让他失去了自由。
  Gèzhǒng guīdìng ràng tā shīqù le zìyóu.
  All kinds of rules made him lose his freedom.
• 一些海滩没能遵守环保规定。
  Yīxiē hǎitān méi néng zūnshǒu huánbǎo guīdìng.
  Some beaches had failed to comply with environmental regulations.
• 我规定自己在九点之后不看电视。
  Wǒ guīdìng zìjǐ zài jiǔ diǎn zhīhòu bù kàn diànshì.
  I make it a rule not to watch television after nine o'clock.

Words containing 规定

• 明文规定míng wén guī dìngexpressly stipulated (in writing)
• 一般规定yī bān guī dìngordinary provision (law)

Where 规定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, law & regulations (HSK 4), 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 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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