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准
準
zhǔn
1. horizontal (old)
2. accurate
3. standard
4. definitely
5. certainly
6. about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)
7. quasi-
8. para-
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

准
zhǔn
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

一准
yīzhǔn
certainly
一准
yīzhǔn
certainly
不准
bùzhǔn
not to allow
作准
zuòzhǔn
to recognize
保准
bǎozhǔn
to guarantee
允准
yǔnzhǔn
to approve
准予
zhǔnyǔ
to grant
准入
zhǔnrù
access
准许
zhǔnxǔ
to allow
基准
jīzhǔn
norm
寇准
KòuZhǔn
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
对准
duìzhǔn
to aim at
恩准
ēnzhǔn
approved by His (or Her) Majesty
凭准
píngzhǔn
evidence (that one can rely on)
批准
pīzhǔn
to approve
HSK 5
校准
jiàozhǔn
calibrate
核准
hézhǔn
to authorize
标准
biāozhǔn
(an official) standard
HSK 4
水准
shuǐzhǔn
horizontal
准保
zhǔnbǎo
certainly

Alternate Entries

准
zhǔn
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
378
Word Frequency Rank
189 of 84,292

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