HSK 4 · Adjectives

标准 biāozhǔn “standard” in Chinese

Traditional 標準

What 标准 means

  1. standard
  2. norm
  3. criterion
  4. (adjective) standard
  5. good
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • correct
  • conforming to a standard

How to say 标准

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale标biāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale准zhǔn3rd tone, dipping

标准 in a sentence

  1. 标准汉语又称普通话。

    Biāozhǔn Hànyǔ yòuchēng pǔtōnghuà.

    Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin.

    Sentence #10021329 from Tatoeba

  2. 我的丹麦语发音不是很标准。

    Wǒ de Dānmàiyǔ fāyīn bú shì hěn biāozhǔn.

    My Danish pronunciation isn’t very standard.

    Sentence #9989922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个学校对学生的道德标准要求很高。

    Zhè ge xuéxiào duì xuésheng de dàodé biāozhǔn yāoqiú hěn gāo.

    This school expects high moral standards from its students.

    Sentence #8709503 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 标准 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 标 (biāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
标biāomark
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 示sign · shì

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.

The character 准 (zhǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
准zhǔnto allow
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔn.

How to write 标准

标 9 strokes · 准 10 strokes

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

Words related to 标准

Words with 标

标点biāodiǎn · punctuation鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)标志biāozhì · sign目标mùbiāo · target商标shāngbiāo · trademark招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders标本biāoběn · specimen标题biāotí · title标记biāojì · mark指标zhǐbiāo · indicator

Words with 准

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare准确zhǔnquè · accurate准时zhǔnshí · on time批准pīzhǔn · to approve瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at准则zhǔnzé · principle

More words: Adjectives

难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear安全ānquán · safe棒bàng · great笨bèn · stupid诚实chéngshí · honest粗心cūxīn · careless低dī · low丰富fēngfù · to enrich

FAQs

标准 (biāozhǔn) means “standard” or “norm”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it biāozhǔn: biāo with a 1st tone, then zhǔn with a 3rd 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, 标准 is written 標準. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaozhun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 标准 from the suggestions. Typing biaozhun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
标准 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.