Chinese symbol for “prescribe”
规定
guī dìng
Traditional: 規定
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prescribe is 规定 (guī dìng), defined as: to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prescribe”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 规定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 规模 (規模) | guī mó | scale; scope; extent |
| 规律 (規律) | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
| 规则 (規則) | guī zé | rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed |
| 法规 (法規) | fǎ guī | legislation; statute |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 确定 (確定) | què dìng | definite; certain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prescribe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.