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Chinese symbol for “standardized”

制式
zhì shì
standardized; standard (service, method etc); regulation (clothing etc); formulaic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for standardized is 制式 (zhì shì), defined as: standardized; standard (service, method etc); regulation (clothing etc); formulaic; (telecommunications etc) system; format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals).

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Characters and stroke order

制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 制式.

WordPinyinMeaning
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
制造 (製造)zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
体制 (體制)tǐ zhìsystem; organization
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official

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.