规定 guīdìng▶ Quy định, điều lệ

Stroke order

规定 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 规 — 8 strokes
• 定 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)
2. regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

Example sentences

• 学校有很多规定。Xuéxiào yǒu hěn duō guīdìng.The school has many rules.
• 按照规定不能在这里抽烟。Ànzhào guīdìng bù néng zài zhèlǐ chōuyān.According to the rules you cannot smoke here.

Related words

• 肯定chắc chắn
• 一定Chắc chắn; Một số
• 决定Quyết định
• 制定Xây dựng; Đề ra
• 否定tiêu cực
• 固定cố định

规定 is pronounced guīdìng and means “Quy định, điều lệ”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 规定 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.