See 循規蹈矩 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "循规蹈矩",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "循規蹈矩",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Teochew chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to keep on the straight and narrow; to obey rules and laws"
],
"id": "en-循規蹈矩-zh-phrase-6CqY~7sK",
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"straight and narrow",
"straight and narrow"
],
[
"obey",
"obey"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"law",
"law"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "蹈規循矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "蹈矩循規"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "應規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "從規蹈矩"
},
{
"word": "蹈規循矩"
},
{
"word": "蹈矩循規"
},
{
"word": "應規蹈矩"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "Xiamen"
},
{
"word": "Jieyang"
},
{
"word": "從規蹈矩"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceon⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ geoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ [Phonetic: xúnguīdáojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúngueidǎojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao³-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-gwēi-dǎu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyungueidaojeu"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúngueidàojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao⁴-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-gwēi-dàu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyungueidawjeu"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceon⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ geoi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chèuhn kwāi douh géui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoen⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ goey²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cên⁴ kuei¹ dou⁶ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "sunkui'doixkuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûng kui tău kṳ́"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "循规蹈矩",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "循規蹈矩",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 循",
"Chinese terms spelled with 矩",
"Chinese terms spelled with 規",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蹈",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Teochew chengyu",
"Teochew idioms",
"Teochew lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"to keep on the straight and narrow; to obey rules and laws"
],
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"straight and narrow",
"straight and narrow"
],
[
"obey",
"obey"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"law",
"law"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceon⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ geoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ [Phonetic: xúnguīdáojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúngueidǎojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao³-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-gwēi-dǎu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyungueidaojeu"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúngueidàojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao⁴-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-gwēi-dàu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyungueidawjeu"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceon⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ geoi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chèuhn kwāi douh géui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoen⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ goey²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cên⁴ kuei¹ dou⁶ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "sunkui'doixkuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sûng kui tău kṳ́"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "蹈規循矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "蹈矩循規"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "應規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "從規蹈矩"
},
{
"word": "蹈規循矩"
},
{
"word": "蹈矩循規"
},
{
"word": "應規蹈矩"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "Xiamen"
},
{
"word": "Jieyang"
},
{
"word": "從規蹈矩"
}
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
}
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