规格 (guī gé) — specification; standard; norm | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

规格 refers to specific technical parameters — size, capacity, performance — that a product must meet. It is more concrete and numeric than 标准 ('general standard/norm') and narrower than 规范 ('norm or rule').

noun

specificationstandardnorm

Examples

规格。
Zhè tái jī qì de guī gé yǐ jīng dìng xià lái le.
The specifications for this machine have been finalized.
规格。
Tā men yán gé àn zhào guó jì guī gé shēng chǎn chǎn pǐn.
They produce products strictly according to international standards.
规格。
Shè jì tú zhǐ shàng xiě míng le suǒ yǒu de guī gé.
All the specifications are written clearly on the design drawings.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

格géstandard

规 means a rule and 格 means a standard, giving the sense of an agreed specification.

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.

夫見規

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.

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

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè格gé

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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