# 規則
## Chinese
### Etymology

Attestable in Classical Chinese texts. Later popularized from Japanese 規(き)則(そく) (kisoku).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guīzé
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^1$ zak$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi-chet
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kui-chek / kui-chak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^1$ zêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kue-tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guīzé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gueizé
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$-tsê$^2$
*** Yale: gwēi-dzé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueitzer
*** Palladius: гуйцзэ (gujczɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^1$ zak$^1$
*** Yale: kwāi jāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^1$ dzak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^1$ zeg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-chet
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˊ$ zed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^1$ zed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴ t͡set̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-chek
*** Tâi-lô: kui-tsik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuizeg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-chak
*** Tâi-lô: kui-tsak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuizag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ t͡sak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gui$^1$ zêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui tsek
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³⁻²³ t͡sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kue-tseq
*** MiniDict: kue$^平$ tseh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kue-tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵⁵ t͡səʔ²¹/

### Noun

規則
* rule; regulation (Classifier: 條／条 m)
    議事規則／议事规则 ― yìshì guīzé ― rules of order

#### Synonyms

* 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)
* 繩墨 / 绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
* 規 / 规 (literary, or in compounds)
* 規定 / 规定 (guīdìng)
* 規條 / 规条 (guītiáo)
* 規準 / 规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
* 規矩 / 规矩 (guījǔ)

### Adjective

規則
* regular; fixed
       Tā de shēnghuó hěn bù guīzé. [Pinyin]
       His life is very irregular.

### Derived terms

* 不規則 / 不规则 (bùguīzé)
* 交規 / 交规 (jiāoguī)
* 交通規則 / 交通规则 (jiāotōng guīzé)
* 潛規則 / 潜规则 (qiánguīzé)
* 規則動詞 / 规则动词 (guīzé dòngcí)
* 規章 / 规章 (guīzhāng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 規 | 則 |
| き Grade: 5 | そく Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きそく [kìsóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* (Tokyo) きそく [kíꜜsòkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲi̥so̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

規(き)則(そく) • (kisoku)
* rule; regulation

#### Derived terms

* 規(き)則(そく)書(しょ) (kisokusho)
* 規(き)則(そく)的(てき) (kisokuteki)
* 議(ぎ)院(いん)規(き)則(そく) (gīn kisoku)
* 行(ぎょう)政(せい)規(き)則(そく) (gyōsei kisoku)
* 施(し)行(こう)規(き)則(そく) (shikō kisoku)
* 就業(しゅうぎょう)規(き)則(そく) (shūgyō kisoku)
* 衝(しょう)突(とつ)規(き)則(そく) (shōtotsu kisoku)
* 不(ふ)規(き)則(そく) (fukisoku)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 規 | 則 |

### Noun

規則 • (gyuchik) (hangeul 규칙)
* hanja form of 규칙 (“rule; code; regulation”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 規 | 則 |

### Noun

規則
* chữ Hán form of quy tắc (“rule; code; principle”).