定規じょうぎ

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	compass; rule
trad. (定規じょうぎ)		定じょう	規ぶんまわし
simp. (定てい规)		定じょう	规
anagram		規定きてい／规定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kwai¹

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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/

Noun

定規じょうぎ

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

Verb

定規じょうぎ

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定じょう	規ぶんまわし
じょう Grade: 3	き > ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
定木じょうぎ

Pronunciation

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

Noun

定じょう(じょう)規ぶんまわし(ぎ) • (jōgi) ^{←ぢやうぎ (dyaugi)?}

1. straightedge (instrument for drawing lines)

See also

• 物もの(もの)差さ(さ)し (monosashi, “ruler”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.