则

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What 则 means

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items

Ideographic: Laws inscribed 刂 on a slate 贝

Made of 贝 + 刂

Words with 则

• 否则fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)
• 规则guī zérule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
• 原则yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
• 法则fǎ zélaw; rule; code
• 准则zhǔn zénorm; standard; criterion
• 守则shǒu zérules; regulations
• 一则yī zéon the one hand
• 原则上yuán zé shangin principle; generally
• 再则zài zémoreover; besides
• 分则fēn zéspecific provisions (based on general regulations)
• 则个zé gè(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
• 原则性yuán zé xìngprincipled

则 in a sentence

• 快一点，否则你会迟到。

  kuài yì diǎn ， fǒu zé nǐ huì chí dào 。

  Hurry up, or you will be late.

• 我不喜欢学习不规则动词。

  wǒ bù xǐ huan xué xí bù guī zé dòng cí 。

  I don't like learning irregular verbs.

• 他为了钱抛弃自己的原则。

  tā wèi le qián pāo qì zì jǐ de yuán zé 。

  He sold his principles for money.

• 就连我们的头脑也遵守物理法则。

  jiù lián wǒ men de tóu nǎo yě zūn shǒu wù lǐ fǎ zé 。

  Even our brains are subject to the laws of physics.

• 画龙点睛是一则寓言故事。

  huà lóng diǎn jīng shì yì zé yù yán gù shì 。

  "Drawing dragons and dotting in the eyes" is a fable.

Characters that sound like 则

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