议定书

議定書
yìdìngshū
noun #42,868

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 protocol
  2. 2 formal agreement
  3. 3 treaty-level instrument

Examples

《Jīngdū Yìdìngshū》 shì yìngduì qìhòu biànhuà de guójì xiéyì.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement on climate change.
Liǎng guó dàibiǎo qiānshǔle màoyì yìdìngshū.
Representatives of the two countries signed a trade protocol.

Tips

usage
In Chinese international-law translation, the distinction runs: 条约 (treaty) > 公约 (convention) > 协定 (agreement) > 议定书 (protocol). A 议定书 often supplements or operationalizes a parent convention — e.g. 京都议定书 for the UNFCCC.

In Pop Culture

京都议定书 Jīngdū Yìdìngshū
Kyoto Protocol
1997 UN treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions — the best-known 议定书 in Chinese media.

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