守法
Chinese
| to guard | law | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (守法) |
守 | 法 | |
Etymology
Short for 遵守法律 (zūnshǒu fǎlǜ, “to abide by law”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sau2 faat3
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu3 hah6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: shǒufǎ [Phonetic: shóufǎ]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǒufǎ
- Wade–Giles: shou3-fa3
- Yale: shǒu-fǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooufaa
- Palladius: шоуфа (šoufa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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手法
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sau2 faat3
- Yale: sáu faat
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau2 faat8
- Guangdong Romanization: seo2 fad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³⁵ faːt̚³/
- Homophones:
守法
手法
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-fap
- Hakka Romanization System: suˋ fabˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: su3 fab5
- Sinological IPA: /su³¹ fap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shiuˊ fab
- Sinological IPA: /ʃiu²⁴⁻³³ fap⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: siu3 hah6 [Phonetic: siu2 hah6]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siû-hah
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: siu3 hah6 [Phonetic: siu2 hah6]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiu³³²⁻²⁴ haʔ²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hoat
- Tâi-lô: siú-huat
- Phofsit Daibuun: siw'hoad
- IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siu2 huag4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siú huak
- Sinological IPA (key): /siu⁵²⁻³⁵ huak̚²/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
守法
- to abide by the law; to be law-abiding
- 守法公民 ― shǒufǎ gōngmín ― law-abiding citizen
Synonyms
- 遵法 (zūnfǎ)