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遵循

zūn xún

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

遵循 (zūn xún) means "to follow; to abide by; to comply with". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 遵循 means

1. to follow; to abide by; to comply with

The characters in 遵循

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 循xún(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with

Example sentences

• 请遵循护士的指导。
  Qǐng zūnxún hùshi de zhǐdǎo.
  Please follow the nurse's directions.
• 您应遵循你老师的建议。
  Nín yīng zūnxún nǐ lǎoshī de jiànyì.
  You should follow your teacher's advice.
• 他没有遵循我们的忠告。
  He failed to follow our advice.
• 重要的是要遵循严格的饮食控制。
  Zhòngyào de shì yào zūnxún yángé de yǐnshí kòngzhì.
  It's important to follow a strict diet.
• 使用这个信息时，我当然会遵循您的要求。
  Shǐyòng zhège xìnxī shí, wǒ dāngrán huì zūnxún nín de yāoqiú.
  When using this information, I will of course follow your requirements.
• 不过，除了佛教者以外，没有任何人可以一直遵循这个原则。
  Bùguò, chúle Fójiào zhě yǐwài, méiyǒu rènhé rén kěyǐ yīzhí zūnxún zhège yuánzé.
  However, apart from Buddhists, hardly anyone can consistently follow this principle.

Where 遵循 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuó–zú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zūn xún correctly.
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