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规章制度 (guī zhāng zhì dù) — regulations; rules; a system of rules and regulations

Definition

noun
regulationsrulesa system of rules and regulations

Examples

  • 规章制度。
    Gōng sī zhì dìng le yán gé de guī zhāng zhì dù.
    The company has established strict regulations.
  • 规章制度。
    Suǒ yǒu yuán gōng dōu bì xū zūn shǒu zhè xiē guī zhāng zhì dù.
    All employees must comply with these rules.
  • 规章制度。
    Zhè tào guī zhāng zhì dù hán gài le hěn duō fāng miàn.
    This set of regulations covers many aspects.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

规章rules
规guīrule章zhāngarticle
联合Coordinate
制度system
制zhìsystem度dùstandard
联合Coordinate

规章 and 制度 both name rules and systems, together meaning regulations.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 規; 规 is its simplified writing.

  • 夫夫fūhusband
  • 見見jiànsee

The simplified 规 is a shorthand; the traditional form 規 shows a cross-shaped compass in its early drawing, and its later form uses 夫 and 見.

Open 规 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

章 shows a chisel piercing a piece of jade in the middle. It originally meant treating jade.

Open 章 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

Open 制 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

Open 度 →
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