则 meaning in English

zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm

HSK 7-9conjunctionmeasure wordTraditional 則6 strokes

Meaning of 则

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zé

(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

则 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

立lì刻kè走zǒu，否fǒu则zé你nǐ会huì迟chí到dào。

Go at once, otherwise you will be late.

除chú非fēi你nǐ想xiǎng去qù, 否fǒu则zé你nǐ不bù必bì去qù这zhè个ge派pài对duì。

You don't have to go to the party unless you want to.

水shuǐ至zhì清qīng则zé无wú鱼yú。

Clear water breeds no fish.

立lì刻kè起qǐ床chuáng，否fǒu则zé你nǐ会huì错cuò过guò七qī点diǎn的de公gōng车chē。

Get up at once, or you will miss the 7:00 bus.

快kuài点diǎn, 否fǒu则zé你nǐ会huì赶gǎn不bù上shàng火huǒ车chē。

Hurry up, or you'll miss the train.

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则 zé · but · 6 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 则.

否则	fǒuzé	otherwise; if not; or (else)
规则	guīzé	rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
原则	yuánzé	principle; doctrine
准则	zhǔnzé	norm; standard
以身作则	yǐshēn-zuòzé	to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
法则	fǎzé	law; rule
守则	shǒuzé	rules; regulations
一则	yīzé	on the one hand
原则上	yuánzéshang	in principle; generally

Questions about 则

What does 则 mean?

则 (zé) means "(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm" and is used as a conjunction and measure word.

How do you write 则?

则 is made of 1 character: 则 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 则 an HSK word?

Yes. 则 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 则 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 则 is written 則.