HSK 6 · Society

规章 guīzhāng “rules” in Chinese

Traditional 規章

What 规章 means

  1. rules
  2. regulations
  3. rule
  4. regulation

How to say 规章

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale章zhāng1st tone, high and level

规章 in a sentence

  1. 我们想修改学校的规章制度。

    Wǒmen xiǎng xiūgǎi xuéxiào de guīzhāng zhìdù.

    We want to change our school’s rules and regulations.

    Sentence #1737909 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 规章 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 章 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
章zhāngchapter
  • 音sound · yīn
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 规章

规 8 strokes · 章 11 strokes

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

Words related to 规章

Words with 规

规定guīdìng · to stipulate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规范guīfàn · standard规格guīgé · specifications

Words with 章

文章wénzhāng · article盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)章程zhāngchéng · regulations

More words: Society & Law

公证gōngzhèng · notarisation勾结gōujié · to collude with官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over贵族guìzú · noble国防guófáng · national defence国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)号召hàozhào · to call on

FAQs

规章 (guīzhāng) means “rules” or “regulations”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guīzhāng: guī with a 1st tone, then zhāng with a 1st 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, 规章 is written 規章. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guizhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 规章 from the suggestions. Typing guizhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
规章 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.