定規

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	compass; rule
trad. (定規)		定	規
simp. (定规)		定	规
anagram		規定／规定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngguī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kwai¹

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

established rule or practice; set pattern; custom; convention

Verb

定規

(dialect) to be determined; to be bent on

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	規
じょう Grade: 3	き > ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
定木

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーぎ [jóꜜògì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

定(じょう)規(ぎ) • (jōgi) ^{←ぢやうぎ (dyaugi)^?}

straightedge (instrument for drawing lines)

See also

物(もの)差(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.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN