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原则 yuánzé “principle” in Chinese

Traditional 原則

What 原则 means

  1. principle
  2. doctrine

Measure word 个 gè · 一个原则 yí ge yuánzé

How to say 原则

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale原yuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale则zé2nd tone, rising

原则 in a sentence

  1. 他不会违背他的原则。

    Tā búhuì wéibèi tā de yuánzé.

    He won’t go against his principles.

    Sentence #847875 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在办公室吸烟违背我们的原则。

    Zài bàngōngshì xīyān wéibèi wǒmen de yuánzé.

    Smoking in the office goes against our principles.

    Sentence #1471139 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他为了钱抛弃自己的原则。

    Tā wèile qián pāoqì zìjǐ de yuánzé.

    He abandoned his principles for money.

    Sentence #5550017 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 原则 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 原 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
原yuánformer
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 泉spring · quánSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 泉 (quán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

The character 则 (zé) with each of its parts in a different colour
则zébut; then
  • 贝sea shell · bèi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 原则

原 10 strokes · 则 6 strokes

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

Words related to 原则

Words with 原

原谅yuánliàng · to excuse原因yuányīn · cause原来yuánlái · original原料yuánliào · raw material原先yuánxiān · originally平原píngyuán · plain还原huányuán · to restore原始yuánshǐ · original原告yuángào · plaintiff原理yuánlǐ · principle

Words with 则

否则fǒuzé · otherwise则zé · then规则guīzé · rule准则zhǔnzé · principle

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FAQs

原则 (yuánzé) means “principle” or “doctrine”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yuánzé: yuán with a 2nd tone, then zé with a 2nd 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, 原则 is written 原則. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one principle is 一个原则 (yí ge yuánzé).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuanze with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 原则 from the suggestions. Typing yuanze into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
原则 is an HSK 5 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.