规矩 (guī ju) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule”.
Meanings
- 1lit. compass and set square
- 2fig. established standard
- 3rule
- 4customs
- 5practices
- 6fig. upright and honest
- 7well-behaved
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
Characters in 规矩
Related words
规则rule; regulation规定to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)犯规to break the rules常规code of conduct; conventions; common practice规划to draw up a plan; to map out a program规律rule (e.g. of science)规模scale; scope; extent大规模large scale违规to violate the rules法规legislation正规regular规compass