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遵

zūn

HSK 5 Character

What 遵 means

1. to observe
2. to obey
3. to follow
4. to comply with

Example sentences

• 遵命！
  Yes sir!
• 遵守规则！
  Follow the rules.
• 我遵守规矩。
  I follow the rules.
• 他没有遵守诺言。
  He did not keep his word.
• 你必须遵守法律。
  You must observe the law.
• 他总是遵守诺言。
  He always keeps his word.

Words starting with 遵

• 遵守zūn shǒuto comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
• 遵循zūn xúnto follow; to abide by; to comply with
• 遵照zūn zhàoin accordance with; to follow (the rules)
• 遵从zūn cóngto comply with; to follow (directives); to defer to (the judgment of superiors)
• 遵命zūn mìngto follow your orders; to do as you bid
• 遵令zūn lìngto obey orders
• 遵行zūn xíngto follow; to obey; compliance
• 遵办zūn bànto handle in accordance with (the rules)
• 遵化市Zūn huà ShìZunhua, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市
• 遵义市Zūn yì ShìZunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 贵州省
• 遵义会议Zūn yì huì yìZunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
• 遵旨zūn zhǐto obey the Emperor's decree; at your Imperial majesty's command
• 遵奉zūn fèngto conform; to obey faithfully
• 遵医嘱zūn yī zhǔto follow the doctor's advice; as instructed by the physician
• 遵时养晦zūn shí yǎng huìto bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
• 遵义Zūn yìsee 遵义市
• 遵化Zūn huàsee 遵化市

Words containing 遵

• 黄遵宪Huáng Zūn xiànHuang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan…
• 恪遵kè zūnto scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc)
• 凛遵lǐn zūnto strictly abide by

Characters built on 尊

These share the phonetic component 尊 (zūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蹲dūnto crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 撙zǔnto reduce or cut down on; to rein in; to restrain

Characters that look like 遵

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

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 暹xiānsunrise
• 懊àoto regret
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Sounds the same

Read zūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尊senior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 樽goblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 鳟trout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 嶟(literary) (of terrain) steep; precipitous
• 𨱔butt end of spear
• 墫old variant of 樽