# 繩墨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shéngmò
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˊ ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$ mak$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chîn-ba̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéngmò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˊ ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéngmò
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^2$-mo$^4$
*** Yale: shéng-mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherngmoh
*** Palladius: шэнмо (šɛnmo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ mak$^6$
*** Yale: sìhng mahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ mak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ meg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ mɐk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîn-ba̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tsîn-ba̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cinbak
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Tainan): /t͡sin²⁴⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

### Noun

繩墨
* (literary, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) carpenter's ink marker (inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
* (figuratively) rules and regulations

#### Synonyms

* (carpenter's ink marker):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 墨斗, 繩墨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 墨斗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 墨斗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 墨斗子, 墨斗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 墨斗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 墨斗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 墨斗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 墨斗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 墨斗兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 墨斗子, 墨心斗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 墨斗兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 墨斗兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 墨斗兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 墨斗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 墨斗, 墨斗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 墨斗兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 墨斗子, 墨斗兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 墨斗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 墨斗子, 墨斗子線兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 墨斗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 墨斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 墨斗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 墨斗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 墨斗子, 墨斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 墨斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 墨斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 墨斗, 墨斗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 墨斗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 墨斗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 墨斗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 墨斗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 墨斗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 墨斗兒, 墨斗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 墨斗, 墨斗斗, 墨斗斗兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 墨斗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 墨斗子, 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 墨斗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 墨斗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 墨斗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 墨斗子, 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 墨斗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 墨斗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 墨斗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 墨斗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 墨斗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 墨斗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 墨斗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 墨斗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 墨斗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 墨斗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 墨斗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 墨斗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 墨斗 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 墨斗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 墨斗, 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Datong | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Jining | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 墨斗兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 墨斗子 |
| Jin | Handan | 墨斗兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 墨斗 |
| Jin | Suide | 墨斗子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 墨斗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 墨斗, 繩墨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 墨斗, 繩墨 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 墨斗, 繩墨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 墨斗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 墨斗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 墨斗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 墨斗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 墨斗, 墨線盒子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 墨底 |
* (rules and regulations):
* 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 則度／则度 (zédù) (literary)
* 守則／守则 (shǒuzé)
* 方案 (fāng'àn)
* 條例／条例 (tiáolì)
* 條規／条规 (tiáoguī)
* 法度 (fǎdù)
* 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
* 紀綱／纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
* 綱目／纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
* 規／规 (literary, or in compounds)
* 規則／规则 (guīzé)
* 規定／规定 (guīdìng)
* 規條／规条 (guītiáo)
* 規準／规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
* 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ)