法度

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (法度)		法	度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fap-thu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎdù
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-tu⁴
    • Yale: fǎ-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaduh
    • Palladius: фаду (fadu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ dou⁶
    • Yale: faat douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-thu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fab` tu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ tu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fap̚² tʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 法度

1. rule; law
2. norm; standard
3. (Southern Min) way; method

   這項代誌我嘛無法度。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   这项代志我嘛无法度。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit hāng tāi-chì góa mā bô hoat-tō͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   [If] it [happens this way, then] I have no way [to change it]/[to help you].

Synonyms

• (rule):

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)
• 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)

 

• (norm):

(deprecated template usage)

• 判準／判准 (pànzhǔn)
• 基準／基准 (jīzhǔn)
• 尺寸
• 尺度 (chǐdù)
• 尺碼／尺码 (chǐmǎ)
• 平臺／平台 (píngtái)
• 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 格 (literary, or in compounds)
• 格式 (géshì)
• 標準／标准 (biāozhǔn)
• 水準／水准 (shuǐzhǔn)
• 準則／准则 (zhǔnzé)
• 準繩／准绳 (zhǔnshéng)
• 規格／规格 (guīgé)
• 規範／规范 (guīfàn)
• 道揆 (dàokuí) (Classical Chinese)

 

• (way):

(deprecated template usage)

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	度
はっ Grade: 4	と Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

法(はっ)度(と) • (hatto) 

1. that which is forbidden or prohibited

   職場恋愛(しょくばれんあい)は法度(はっと)

   shokuba ren'ai wa hatto

   workplace romance is forbidden

Synonyms

• ご法度(はっと) (gohatto)

See also

• 駄目(だめ) (dame)
• 禁止(きんし) (kinshi)