定規

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	compass; rule
trad. (定規)		定	規
simp. (定规)		定	规
anagram		規定／规定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kwai¹
• Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): teng⁵ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngguī → dìnggui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ → ㄉㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄍㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìnggue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-kuei⁵
    • Yale: dìng-gwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq.guei
    • Palladius: дингуй (dinguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ → /tiŋ⁵¹ g̊u̯eɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ kwai¹
    • Yale: dihng kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: teng⁵ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeŋ²¹ t͡ɕi³³/

Noun

定規

1. established rule or practice; set pattern; custom; convention

Verb

定規

1. (dialect) to be determined; to be bent on

References

• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “定规”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 655.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	規
じょう Grade: 3	き > ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
定木

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーぎ [jóꜜògì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

定(じょう)規(ぎ) • (jōgi) ^{←ぢやうぎ (dyaugi)?}

1. straightedge (instrument for drawing lines)

See also

• 物(もの)差(さ)し (monosashi, “ruler”)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

• “定規”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026