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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
- (bound form) standard; norm
- (bound form) principle
- (literary) to imitate; to follow
- classifier for written items

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 1,707 227 889

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Laws inscribed 刂 on a slate 贝

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
否则 4 4 824 2,011 2,275
5 7 1,707 227 889
规则 5 4 1,715 2,135 3,396
原则 5 4 3,265 1,116 3,373
法则 - - 6,706 9,308 7,447
准则 6 7 7,143 5,506 14,006
守则 - - 9,888 25,725 22,602
不规则 - - 19,888 12,653 15,052
以身作则 - 9 29,344 24,000 30,706
实则 - - 31,419 20,187 16,983
细则 - - 32,388 8,255 22,573
一则 - - 39,525 - -
附则 - - 40,777 52,874 -
欲速则不达 - - 44,395 58,794 45,079
原则性 - - 47,320 24,546 33,954
然则 - - 48,756 44,326 51,920
通则 - - 84,532 20,670 31,421