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规定 guīdìng “to stipulate” in Chinese

Traditional 規定

What 规定 means

  1. to stipulate
  2. to set (a rule)
  3. rules
  4. regulations
  5. to specify
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to prescribe
  • to fix (a price)
  • to set (a quota)
  • provisions
  • stipulations

How to say 规定

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale规guī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale定dìng4th tone, falling

规定 in a sentence

  1. 学校规定学生不能抽烟。

    Xuéxiào guīdìng xuésheng bùnéng chōuyān.

    The school rules say students may not smoke.

    Sentence #3713313 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 所有文章都必须在规定时间内交上来。

    Suǒyǒu wénzhāng dōu bìxū zài guīdìng shíjiān nèi jiāo shànglai.

    All essays must be handed in within the set time.

    Sentence #3783103 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我规定自己在九点之后不看电视。

    Wǒ guīdìng zìjǐ zài jiǔ diǎn zhīhòu bú kàn diànshì.

    I make it a rule not to watch TV after nine o’clock.

    Sentence #8714987 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 规定 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 规 (guī) with each of its parts in a different colour
规guīcompass
  • 夫man · fūSound part
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); 夫 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with guī.

The character 定 (dìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over 正 “upright”, squashed at the bottom so it looks like 疋: settled, fixed.

How to write 规定

规 8 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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规定 (guīdìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 规定 (guīdìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 规定

Words with 规

规则guīzé · rule规矩guīju · rules规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)规模guīmó · scale正规zhèngguī · formal规划guīhuà · plan规章guīzhāng · rules规范guīfàn · standard规格guīgé · specifications

Words with 定

一定yídìng · surely决定juédìng · decide定dìng · to decide肯定kěndìng · to be certain否定fǒudìng · to negate确定quèdìng · to confirm固定gùdìng · to fix制定zhìdìng · to draw up稳定wěndìng · steady说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure

More words: School, Work & Culture

作家zuòjiā · writer表演biǎoyǎn · to perform法律fǎlǜ · law功夫gōngfu · time and effort国籍guójí · nationality京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera聚会jùhuì · party举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting

FAQs

规定 (guīdìng) means “to stipulate” or “to set (a rule)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guīdìng: guī with a 1st tone, then dìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 规定 is written 規定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guiding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 规定 from the suggestions. Typing guiding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
规定 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.