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惯例 guànlì “convention” in Chinese

Traditional 慣例

What 惯例 means

  1. convention
  2. usual practice

How to say 惯例

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惯guàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale例lì4th tone, falling

惯例 in a sentence

  1. 按照惯例，新员工要先培训一个月。

    Ànzhào guànlì, xīn yuángōng yào xiān péixùn yí ge yuè.

    As is usual practice, new staff train for a month first.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 每年春节回家吃团圆饭是我们家的惯例。

    Měinián Chūnjié huíjiā chī tuányuánfàn shì wǒmen jiā de guànlì.

    Going home for a reunion dinner at Spring Festival is a family tradition for us.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 惯例 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 惯 (guàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
惯guànaccustomed to
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 贯part of the characterSound part
The character 例 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
例lìexample
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 列a line · lièSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 列 (liè) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 惯例

惯 11 strokes · 例 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 惯例

Words with 惯

习惯xíguàn · habit

Words with 例

例如lìrú · for example比例bǐlì · proportion破例pòlì · to make an exception案例ànlì · case例外lìwài · exception

More words: Ideas & Concepts

功效gōngxiào · effect光彩guāngcǎi · glory光辉guānghuī · radiance光荣guāngróng · glory规范guīfàn · standard规格guīgé · specifications过渡guòdù · transition过失guòshī · fault

FAQs

惯例 (guànlì) means “convention” or “usual practice”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guànlì: guàn with a 4th tone, then lì 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, 惯例 is written 慣例. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 惯例 from the suggestions. Typing guanli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
惯例 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.