HSK 5 · Verbs

遵守 zūnshǒu “to comply with” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 遵守 means

  1. to comply with
  2. to abide by
  3. to respect (an agreement)

How to say 遵守

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale遵zūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale守shǒu3rd tone, dipping

遵守 in a sentence

  1. 司机应该遵守交通规则。

    Sījī yīnggāi zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.

    Drivers should obey the road rules.

    Sentence #424522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他总是遵守诺言。

    Tā zǒngshì zūnshǒu nuòyán.

    He always keeps his word.

    Sentence #1316695 from Tatoeba

  3. 遵守法律是每个人的责任。

    Zūnshǒu fǎlǜ shì měi ge rén de zérèn.

    Obeying the law is everyone’s responsibility.

    Sentence #1019295 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 遵守 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 遵 (zūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
遵zūnto observe
  • 尊to honour · zūn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 守 (shǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
守shǒuto guard
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 遵守

遵 15 strokes · 守 6 strokes

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

Words related to 遵守

Words with 遵

遵循zūnxún · to follow

Words with 守

防守fángshǒu · to defend守护shǒuhù · to guard保守bǎoshǒu · conservative

More words: Common Verbs

组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent组合zǔhé · to assemble挨ái · to suffer安置ānzhì · to find a place for熬áo · to endure扒bā · to dig up

FAQs

遵守 (zūnshǒu) means “to comply with” or “to abide by”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zūnshǒu: zūn with a 1st tone, then shǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 遵守 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zunshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遵守 from the suggestions. Typing zunshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遵守 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.