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guī = gu + ei1
variant of 規|规[gui1]
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guī = gu + ei1
compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme
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How to pronounce 规

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

规 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= fu + Ø1
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
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= fu + Ø2
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
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xiàn = xi + an4
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
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Characters with 规 as component

kuī = ku + ei1
to peep / to pry into
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kuī = ku + ei1
variant of 窺|窥[kui1]
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guī = gu + ei1
nonstandard simplified variant of 槼|规[gui1]
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Words with 规

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rule / regulation / rules and regulations
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

Sentences with 规

规 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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guī

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