行规

行規
hángguī
noun #31,263

Measure Word

行规 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 rules of a trade/guild
  2. 2 industry norms
  3. 3 rules of the profession

Examples

HSK 5
Zuò zhè yì háng děi zūnshǒu hángguī.
If you work in this trade, you have to follow the trade's rules.
HSK 6
Bù dǎting tóngháng de yǐnsī shì zhè yì háng de hángguī.
Not prying into colleagues' private affairs is a rule of the profession.

Tips

mistakes
Read as háng ("trade, profession"), not xíng ("to walk; OK"). 行规 are the unwritten rules each trade enforces among its own, historically codified by guilds (行会), today persisting as professional etiquette.

Stroke Order

xíng
guī