standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard

norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify

accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-

horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]

to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items

to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)

regular / according to standards

to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)

square; lattice; grid; frame / compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit) / (bound form) standard; norm; specification / (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone / (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern / (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case / (literary) to correct; to rectify / (literary) to arrive at; to reach / (literary) to obstruct; to hinder / (literary) to investigate exhaustively / classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad

(Tw) seal of approval; certification mark (logo indicating compliance with specified standards)

norm / standard / criterion

(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark

standard language

standard / norm / specification

normal / standard

(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事｜不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

double standard (abbr. for 雙重標準｜双重标准)

Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)

standard form of a Chinese character / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters

level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)

industry standard

to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)

standard / norm / criterion

lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved

orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin

(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times

standard conditions for temperature and pressure

(statistics) standard deviation

decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards

Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994

to establish schools / to raise the standard of education

canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

values / standards

the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲｜平声, rising tone 上聲｜上声, departing tone 去聲｜去声 and entering tone 入聲｜入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria

abbr. for 標準間｜标准间, standard (hotel) room

living standards

double standard

to reach a set standard

to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

standard / norm

to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)

(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位｜学校本位 "school-centered approach")

to be good enough to be regarded as; to meet the standard expected of

to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist

sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method

Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼｜国家标准码

New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)

standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)

standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資｜绩效工资 or commission 提成 etc)

international standard ballroom dancing

code of conduct / standard of conduct

standards organization / standards body

standard time

labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)

Standard Model (of particle physics)

Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼｜国标码

to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)

standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation

Hong Kong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)

standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時｜夏令时)

"legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct

compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria

to provide as a standard feature / standard feature; standard equipment; standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置｜标准配置)

national standard (abbr. for 國家標準｜国家标准) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞｜国际标准舞)

not standard / abnormal / irregular

poor / not up to standard

technology standard

monetary standard

standard weight (used on a balance scale)

standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline

candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle

standard definition (TV or video image quality)

standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)

the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime

Standard and Poor (share index) / abbr. for 標準普爾｜标准普尔

same as 綠營｜绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺 / width of a room / (architecture) bay

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

(slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin

standard / norm / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

(coll.) numeral / counter; chip; token / (old) ready money; cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale)

(botany) vexillum; banner petal; standard petal (of a papilionaceous flower)

standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間｜标间

general rule / standard practice

(gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine

large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for mid-level cadres and 小灶 for the most privileged)

(slang) (derog.) person who uncritically admires the West, esp. Western liberal ideals, and criticizes China by those standards

the bare minimum; the lowest acceptable limit or standard

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters

Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units

USA Eastern Standard Time

one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status

accounting standards council

standard conditions for temperature and pressure

gold standard (monetary system)