遵

遵 zūn in a sentence

Obey (follow - observe)

Full dictionary entry 11 sentences

遵 (zūn) means Obey (follow - observe). Below are 11 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

上班要 遵 守纪律。

Shàngbān yào zūnshǒu jìlǜ.

You must observe the rules at work.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 纪律

请 遵 守交通规则。

Qǐng zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.

Please obey the traffic rules.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守

大家都要 遵 守规则。

Dàjiā dōu yào zūnshǒu guīzé.

Everyone must follow the rules.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规则

每个人都要 遵 守法律。

Měi ge rén dōu yào zūnshǒu fǎlǜ.

Everyone must obey the law.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 法律

我们要 遵 循客观规律。

Wǒmen yào zūnxún kèguān guīlǜ.

We must follow objective laws.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遵循

他一直 遵 守自己的承诺。

Tā yìzhí zūnshǒu zìjǐ de chéngnuò.

He has always kept his promises.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守

每个公民都应该 遵 守法律。

Měi ge gōngmín dōu yīnggāi zūnshǒu fǎlǜ.

Every citizen should obey the law.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公民

他一直 遵 循着父亲的教导。

Tā yìzhí zūnxúnzhe fùqīn de jiàodǎo.

He has always followed his father's teaching.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遵循

所有人都要 遵 守,没有例外。

Suǒyǒu rén dōu yào zūnshǒu, méiyǒu lìwài.

Everyone must comply; there are no exceptions.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 例外

自然界 遵 循优胜劣汰的规律。

Zìránjiè zūnxún yōushèngliètài de guīlǜ.

Nature follows the law of the survival of the fittest.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 优胜劣汰

老师多次告诫我们要 遵 守规则。

Lǎoshī duō cì gàojiè wǒmen yào zūnshǒu guīzé.

The teacher repeatedly cautioned us to keep to the rules.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 告诫

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How is 遵 used in a sentence?

This page shows 11 sentences using 遵 (zūn, "Obey (follow - observe)"), 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 遵 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 遵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

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The dictionary page for 遵 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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