則 (zé)
measure word for news or stories/rule/then (conjunction)
How 則 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 貝 — shell
- Traditional
- 則
- Simplified
- 则
Components
- 貝 shell
- 刂 knife
Common words using 則
- 原則 yuánzé
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 否則 fǒuzé
- if not; otherwise; else
- 規則 guīzé
- rule; regulation; rules and regulations
- 不規則 bùguīzé
- irregular
- 守則 shǒuzé
- rules; regulations
- 實則 shízé
- actually; in fact
- 法則 fǎzé
- law; rule; code
- 準則 zhǔnzé
- norm; standard; criterion
- 潛規則 qiánguīzé
- unwritten rules
- 不平則鳴 bùpíngzémíng
- where there is injustice; there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice
- 以身作則 yǐshēnzuòzé
- to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
- 原則上 yuánzéshang
- in principle; generally
則 in a sentence
今天報紙上有一則很有趣的新聞。
Jīntiān bàozhǐ shàng yǒu yì zé hěn yǒuqù de xīnwén.
“There is a very interesting news story in the newspaper today.”
How common is 則?
則 is the 284th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 63.4% of all running text.
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