See 循規蹈矩 on Wiktionary
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"to keep on the straight and narrow; to obey rules and laws"
],
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[
"law",
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"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": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"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": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ [Phonetic:xúnguīdáojǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "syúngueidǎojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao³-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syún-gwēi-dǎu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shyungueidaojeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "syúngueidàojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao⁴-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syún-gwēi-dàu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shyungueidawjeu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chèuhn kwāi douh géui"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsoen⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ goey²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cên⁴ kuei¹ dou⁶ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sunkui'doixkuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sûng kui tău kṳ́"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: xúnguīdáojǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/"
}
],
"word": "循規蹈矩"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"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": [
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]
}
],
"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": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sung⁵ gui¹ dao⁶ ge²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xúnguīdǎojǔ [Phonetic:xúnguīdáojǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "syúngueidǎojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao³-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syún-gwēi-dǎu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shyungueidaojeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сюньгуйдаоцзюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sjunʹgujdaoczjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xúnguīdàojǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "syúngueidàojyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsün²-kuei¹-tao⁴-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syún-gwēi-dàu-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shyungueidawjeu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chèuhn kwāi douh géui"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsoen⁴ kwai¹ dou⁶ goey²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cên⁴ kuei¹ dou⁶ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sûn-kui-tō-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sunkui'doixkuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sûng kui tău kṳ́"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: xúnguīdáojǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tou̯²² kɵy̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sun²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴⁻²² to²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³⁻²³ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/"
}
],
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{
"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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