定規

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order	compass; rule
trad. (定規)		定	規
simp. (定规)		定	规
anagram		規定／规定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngguī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kwai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dìngguī → dìnggui (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ → ㄉㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq.guei
  - IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ → /tiŋ⁵¹ g̊u̯eɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ kwai¹
  - Yale: dihng kwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ kwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ kuei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

定規

established rule or practice; set pattern; custom; convention

Verb

定規

(dialectal) to be determined; to be bent on

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	規
じょう Grade: 3	き > ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative forms

定木

Noun

定規 (hiragana じょうぎ, rōmaji jōgi)

ruler, an instrument for measuring or drawing lines

Synonyms

物差 (ものさ)し (monosashi)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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