规 (guī) means Compass (rule - plan). Below are 24 of the 51 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
请遵守交通 规 则。
Qǐng zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.
Please obey the traffic rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守
请依据 规 定办理。
Qǐng yījù guīdìng bànlǐ.
Please proceed according to the regulations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 依据
学校 规 定不能迟到。
Xuéxiào guīdìng bù néng chídào.
The school rules say you must not be late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 规定
公司的 规 定很严格。
Gōngsī de guīdìng hěn yángé.
The company's rules are strict.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 严格
比赛的 规 则很公平。
Bǐsài de guīzé hěn gōngpíng.
The rules of the match are fair.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公平
他的生活很有 规 律。
Tā de shēnghuó hěn yǒu guīlǜ.
He lives a very regular life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规律
比赛的 规 则很简单。
Bǐsài de guīzé hěn jiǎndān.
The rules of the game are simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规则
大家都要遵守 规 则。
Dàjiā dōu yào zūnshǒu guīzé.
Everyone must follow the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规则
这样做违反了 规 定。
Zhèyàng zuò wéifǎn le guīdìng.
Doing this breaks the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 违反
学校制定了新 规 定。
Xuéxiào zhìdìng le xīn guīdìng.
The school laid down new rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 制定
他公然违反了 规 定。
Tā gōngrán wéifǎn le guīdìng.
He openly broke the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公然
不能任意改变 规 则。
Bù néng rènyì gǎibiàn guīzé.
The rules cannot be changed at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 任意
他不愿被 规 矩束缚。
Tā bú yuàn bèi guīju shùfù.
He is unwilling to be bound by convention.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 束缚
他受过正 规 的训练。
Tā shòu guo zhèngguī de xùnliàn.
He has had formal training.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正规
请到正 规 医院就诊。
Qǐng dào zhèngguī yīyuàn jiùzhěn.
Please seek treatment at a proper hospital.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正规
他的作息很有 规 律。
Tā de zuòxī hěn yǒu guīlǜ.
His routine of work and rest is very regular.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作息
这份材料不符合 规 定。
Zhè fèn cáiliào bù fúhé guīdìng.
This document does not conform to the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 符合
学校公布了新的 规 定。
Xuéxiào gōngbù le xīn de guīdìng.
The school announced the new rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公布
这家公司的 规 模不大。
Zhè jiā gōngsī de guīmó bú dà.
This company is not large in scale.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规模
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From the graded readers
现在我给自己定了一条 规 矩：晚上十一点以后不看工作的消息。
xiànzài wǒ gěi zìjǐ dìngle yī tiáo guīju: wǎnshang shíyī diǎn yǐhòu bù kàn / kān gōngzuò de / dì xiāoxi.
Now I have one rule for myself: no work messages after eleven at night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
规 appears in 51 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 规
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Questions about 规
How is 规 used in a sentence?
This page shows 51 sentences using 规 (guī, "Compass (rule - plan)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 规 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 规 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 规?
The dictionary page for 规 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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