HSK 6 vocabularyHSK 3.0

则

zé

Traditional: 則

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

HSK 6HSK 7–9

Meanings of 则 in English

zéHSK 6+ HSK 7–9conjunction, particleSyllabus #5253
  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  3. classifier for written items
  4. (bound form) standard; norm
  5. (bound form) principle
zéHSK 7–9measure wordSyllabus #10523
  1. classifier for written items
  2. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  3. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  4. (bound form) standard; norm
  5. (bound form) principle

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HSK words with 则

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences