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What 則 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 貝

Made of 貝 + 刂

Words with 則

• 否則fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)
• 規則guī zérule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
• 原則yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
• 法則fǎ zélaw; rule; code
• 準則zhǔn zénorm; standard; criterion
• 守則shǒu zérules; regulations
• 一則yī zéon the one hand
• 原則上yuán zé shangin principle; generally
• 再則zài zémoreover; besides
• 分則fēn zéspecific provisions (based on general regulations)
• 則個zé gè(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
• 原則性yuán zé xìngprincipled

則 in a sentence

• 我若能，則人人都能。

  wǒ ruò néng ， zé rén rén dōu néng 。

  If I can do it, anyone can.

• 那違背了我做人的原則。

  nà wéi bèi le wǒ zuò rén de yuán zé 。

  That runs against my principles.

• 除非你去做，否則你永遠不知道。

  chú fēi nǐ qù zuò ， fǒu zé nǐ yǒng yuǎn bù zhī dào 。

  You'll never know unless you try.

• 我若能，則誰都能。

  wǒ ruò néng ， zé shuí dōu néng 。

  If I can do it, anyone can.

• 規則就是用來打破的。

  guī zé jiù shì yòng lái dǎ pò de 。

  Rules are meant to be broken.

Characters that sound like 則

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