标 准 biāo zhǔn (an official) standard / norm / criterion / CL:個|个[ge4] 水 平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal 规 格 guī gé standard / norm / specification 规 范 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify 准 则 zhǔn zé norm / standard / criterion 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items 水 准 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) 好 坏 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality 基 准 jī zhǔn norm / standard / standard of reference / base / base point / base line / benchmark / reference point / reference frame / criterion / data 制 式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 规 范 性 guī fàn xìng normal / standard 标 准 间 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1] 本 位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit 审 美 观 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively 准 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- 杠 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion 臬 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) 标 准 规 格 biāo zhǔn guī gé standard / norm 轨 范 guǐ fàn standard / criterion 标 准 列 日 biāo zhǔn liè rì standard 标 准 误 biāo zhǔn wù standard 标 帜 biāo zhì banner / standard / variant of 標誌|标志[biao1 zhi4] 蒦 huò (archaic) to measure / yardstick / a standard 合 格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) 为 准 wéi zhǔn to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) 北 京 时 间 Běi jīng Shí jiān Chinese Standard Time 规 矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved 国 际 标 准 guó jì biāo zhǔn international standard 达 标 dá biāo to reach a set standard 技 术 标 准 jì shù biāo zhǔn technology standard 不 规 范 bù guī fàn not standard / abnormal / irregular 国 标 guó biāo Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码 猩 猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin 及 格 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard 套 路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method 砝 码 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 排 放 标 准 emission standard / emission requirement 行 为 准 则 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct / standard of conduct 差 事 chà shì poor / not up to standard 西 格 玛 Xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 标 准 普 尔 Biāo zhǔn Pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index 四 声 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 / and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin 标 准 差 biāo zhǔn chā (statistics) standard deviation 标 准 时 biāo zhǔn shí standard time 绿 营 Lu:4 yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 风 纪 fēng jì standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline 正 字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) 正 音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation 秤 砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight 国 标 舞 guó biāo wǔ international standard ballroom dancing 降 格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating 通 例 tōng lì general rule / standard practice 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] 金 本 位 jīn běn wèi gold standard 坎 德 拉 kǎn dé lā candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle 典 diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn 吕 lu:3 pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 规 矩 准 绳 guī ju zhǔn shéng compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 规 矩 绳 墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 正 体 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters 标 准 语 biāo zhǔn yǔ standard language 东 部 时 间 dōng bù shí jiān Eastern Standard Time (EST) 符 合 标 准 fú hé biāo zhǔn to comply with a standard / standards-compliant 规 範 guī fàn standard / norm 国 家 标 准 码 guó jiā biāo zhǔn mǎ Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼|国标码 矱 huò standard / norm 美 东 时 间 Měi dōng shí jiān USA Eastern Standard Time 美 国 资 讯 交 换 标 准 码 Měi guó zī xùn jiāo huàn biāo zhǔn mǎ ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange 普 通 话 水 平 测 试 Pǔ tōng huà Shuǐ píng Cè shì Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994 业 界 标 准 yè jiè biāo zhǔn industry standard 标 准 状 况 biāo zhǔn zhuàng kuàng standard conditions for temperature and pressure 标 准 状 态 biāo zhǔn zhuàng tài standard conditions for temperature and pressure 渣 打 银 行 Zhā dǎ Yín háng Standard Chartered Bank 双 重 标 准 shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn double standard 中 文 标 准 交 换 码 Zhōng wén biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992 国 标 码 guó biāo mǎ Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码 大 灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged) 希 格 斯 机 制 Xī gé sī jī zhì the Higgs mechanism, explaining the mass of elementary particles in the Standard Model 戒 奢 崇 俭 jiè shē chóng jiǎn to refrain from high standard of living (idiom) 本 位 制 běn wèi zhì monetary standard 标 普 Biāo Pǔ Standard and Poor (share index) / abbr. for 標準普爾|标准普尔[Biao1 zhun3 Pu3 er3] 标 准 模 型 biāo zhǔn mó xíng Standard Model (of particle physics) 标 准 音 biāo zhǔn yīn standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) 标 金 biāo jīn standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender 标 间 biāo jiān abbr. for 標準間|标准间[biao1 zhun3 jian1], standard (hotel) room 正 体 字 zhèng tǐ zì standard form of a Chinese character / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters 法 商 fǎ shāng "legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct 破 读 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading 绿 旗 兵 Lu:4 qí bīng same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 绿 营 兵 Lu:4 yíng bīng Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 规 范 理 论 guī fàn lǐ lùn Standard Model (of particle physics) 银 本 位 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard) 银 本 位 制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard) 唇 齿 音 chún chǐ yīn labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese) 标 准 作 业 程 序 biāo zhǔn zuò yè chéng xù standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures 标 准 时 间 biāo zhǔn shí jiān standard time 冬 令 时 dōng lìng shí standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xia4 ling4 shi2]) 国 际 贸 易 标 准 分 类 guó jì mào yì biāo zhǔn fēn lèi Standard International Trade Classification 美 国 信 息 交 换 标 准 代 码 měi guó xìn xī jiāo huàn biāo zhǔn dài mǎ American Standard Code for Information Interchange