非正规 (fēi zhèng guī) — non-standard; irregular; informal

Definition

adjective

non-standardirregularinformal

非正规。
Zhè ge gōng sī de guǎn lǐ fāng shì hěn fēi zhèng guī.
This company's management style is very informal.
非正规。
Zhè zhǒng fēi zhèng guī de zuò fǎ kě néng huì yǐn qǐ wèn tí.
This kind of irregular practice might cause problems.
非正规，。
Zài fēi zhèng guī jīng jì zhōng, hěn duō rén méi yǒu zhèng shì hé tong.
In the informal economy, many people don't have formal contracts.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

正规standard

偏正Modifier + head

非 expresses non, while 正规 combines 正 proper and 规 standard to mean formal.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 非 is drawn from two wings facing opposite directions. It later came to be used for going against or not being.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng正zhèng

Same sound today

正 pairs 止 with 丁; 止 marks the sense and 丁 gives 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.