原则 (yuánzé) means Principle. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这是我做事的 原则 。
Zhè shì wǒ zuò shì de yuánzé.
This is my principle in doing things.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原则
他在 原则 问题上不让步。
Tā zài yuánzé wèntí shàng bú ràngbù.
He does not give way on matters of principle.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原则
在 原则 问题上不能让步。
Zài yuánzé wèntí shang bù néng ràng bù.
On matters of principle one cannot give ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 让步
做生意也要讲 原则 ，不能不择手段。
Zuò shēngyi yě yào jiǎng yuánzé, bù néng bùzéshǒuduàn.
Business too needs principles; you cannot use any means available.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不择手段
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Questions about 原则
How is 原则 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 原则 (yuánzé, "Principle"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 原则 an HSK word?
Yes — 原则 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 原则?
The dictionary page for 原则 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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