则 - Mandarin word #5313

则

zé

Traditional: 则

#5313 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

then, in that case, rule (literary)

Stroke order

则

。

Otherwise we will leave.

遵zūn守shǒu。

It is important to follow principles.

基jī规guī。

This is the basic rule.

，。

If one does not work hard, then success is hard to achieve.

，雨yǔ。

If the weather is good then go out, if it rains then stay at home.

则 (zé) is a literary conjunction meaning then or otherwise, and a noun for rule. It heads 否则 (fǒuzé) and 原则 (yuánzé).

否则

otherwise, or else, if not

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 则.

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This word is part of lesson 107.