准

to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-

"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]

short-tailed bird

not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit

to guarantee / reliable / for sure

to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)

variant of 一準|一准[yi1 zhun3]

certainly

certainly / also written 一準|一准[yi1 zhun3]

to be valid; to count / authentic

values / standards

accounting standards council

industry standard

nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)

forbidden / not allowed

nonstandard

imprecise

CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992

to prepare / to make adequate preparation