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zhǔn

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zhǔn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǔn | zhun3
English translation
to allow
to grant
in accordance with
in the light of
horizontal (old)
accurate
standard
definitely
certainly
about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)
quasi-
para-
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow

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About zhǔn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhǔn

Contains the radical

bīng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water in a spirit level

Etymology of zhǔn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

冫隹

Semantic compound

bīng

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Simplified form of zhǔn . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and sǔn represents the sound. The shuǐ (water) component is used because level tools that ensure flatness take advantage of water having a flat surface.

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Example sentences using zhǔn

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夏洛克 Xià luò kè Xiàng 安东尼奥 zǒu ,准备 zhǔnbèi dòng Dāo le .

Shylock advances toward Antonio and prepares to use his knife.

以后 yǐ hòu , shuí 不准 bù zhǔn 提到 tí dào zhè Zhāng 纸条 zhǐ tiáo de 事情 shìqing .

From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.

Molinas一家人 yī jiā rén 准备 zhǔnbèi 亲戚 qīnqi 一起 yīqǐ Guò 感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié .

She and the Molinas are going to spend Thanksgiving with their cousins.

无论 wúlùn tiān qíng 下雨 xiàyǔ , 早上 zǎoshang 七点 bàn zhǔn dào 办公室 bàngōngshì .

Rain or shine, he is at the office at 7:30 without fail.

纺织品 fǎng zhī pǐn 制造商 zhì zào shāng 一案牵涉 qiān shè dào duì mián xiè 管理 guǎnlǐ 标准 biāozhǔn 问题 wèntí .

Textile Manufacturers involved a standard regulating cotton dust.

Words with zhǔn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
准备 zhǔnbèi preparation準備
标准 biāozhǔn norm標準
zhǔn accurate zhǔn
批准 pīzhǔn to approve批准 pīzhǔn
准确 zhǔnquè accurate準確
不准 bù zhǔn not to allow不准 bù zhǔn
瞄准 miáozhǔn to target瞄準
准时 zhǔnshí on time準時
准则 zhǔnzé norm準則
水准 shuǐ zhǔn standard水準
基准 jī zhǔn norm基準
标准化 biāo zhǔn huà standardization標準化
对准 duì zhǔn to aim at對準
核准 hé zhǔn to authorize核准 hé zhǔn
准许 zhǔn xǔ to allow准許
准确性 zhǔn què xìng accuracy準確性
获准 huò zhǔn to obtain permission獲准
准备金 zhǔn bèi jīn reserve fund準備金
准考证 zhǔn kǎo zhèng (exam) admission ticket准考證
校准 jiào zhǔn to calibrate校準
准将 zhǔn jiàng commodore準將
认准 rèn zhǔn to identify clearly認準
标准差 biāo zhǔn chā (statistics) standard deviation標準差

zhǔn Decomposition & Compounds

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zhǔn Decomposition

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