校规 (xiào guī) — school regulations | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

school regulations

Measure word · 条

校规。
Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu hěn duō xiào guī.
Our school has many school regulations.
校规。
Wéi fǎn xiào guī huì bèi lǎo shī pī píng.
Violating school regulations will get you criticized by the teacher.
校规。
Xīn shēng yīng gāi xiān liǎo jiě xiào guī.
New students should first understand the school regulations.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

校 means school and 规 means rule, so together they name rules set for a school.

Characters in this word

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

木交校

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

交

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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.

夫見規

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.

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