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规模

guī mó

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 規模

规模 (guī mó) means "scale". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 规模 means

1. scale; scope; extent

The characters in 规模

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 模móto imitate; model; norm

Example sentences

• 农村好像要大规模发展了。
  Nóngcūn hǎoxiàng yào dàguīmó fāzhǎn le.
  It seems the rural area will be developed on a large scale.
• 跨国公司预料到了规模经济的实行。
  Kuàguógōngsī yùliào dào le guīmó jīngjì de shíxíng.
  The multinational corporation has forecast the implementation of economies of scale.
• 他们小型的示威引发了一场大规模的游行。
  Tāmen xiǎoxíng de shìwēi yǐnfā le yī cháng dàguīmó de yóuxíng.
  Their small protest triggered a mass demonstration.
• 如今已经没甚么能防范大规模杀伤性武器了。
  Nowadays it's not possible to protect oneself against weapons of mass destruction.
• 几天之内，德军便在波兰境内展开了大规模攻击。
  Within days, German forces fanned out across Poland.
• 日本发生规模8.9的强烈地震, 引发强大海啸。
  Rìběn fāshēng guīmó bā diǎn jiǔ de qiángliè dìzhèn, yǐnfā qiángdà hǎixiào.
  An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.

Words starting with 规模

• 规模经济guī mó jīng jìeconomies of scale

Words containing 规模

• 大规模dà guī mólarge scale; extensive; wide scale
• 初具规模chū jù guī mó(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
• 芮氏规模Ruì shì guī mó(Taiwan) (seismology) Richter scale
• 大规模杀伤性武器dà guī mó shā shāng xìng wǔ qìweapon of mass destruction

Where 规模 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ethics, Law & Social Harmony (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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