行规

行規
hángguī
noun #31,263

Measure Word

一条行规 tiáo

Meanings

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

Examples

Zuò zhè yī háng děi zūnshǒu hángguī.
If you work in this trade, you have to follow the trade's rules.
Bù dǎtīng tóngháng de yǐnsī shì zhè yī 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