制度

zhì dù
HSK 3Noun (名)

Basic Meaning

n
This sense refers to concrete operational rules or guidelines within an organization or for a specific activity. Common contexts include 工作制度 (work rules), 作息制度 (daily routine schedule), or 请假制度 (leave request policy).
system; regulation; rule
要求大家共同遵守的办事规程或行动准则。
Words:
工作制度作息制度请假制度
Synonyms:
轨制
Sentences:
  1. 我(wǒ)们(mén)公(gōng)司(sī)有(yǒu)严(yán)格(gé)的(de)打(dǎ)卡(kǎ)制(zhì)度(dù)
    Our company has a strict clock-in/clock-out system.
  2. 学(xué)校(xiào)的(de)作(zuò)息(xī)制(zhì)度(dù)要(yào)求(qiú)学(xué)生(shēng)按(án)时(shí)上(shàng)课(kè)和(hé)休(xiū)息(xí)
    The school's daily routine system requires students to attend classes and rest on time.
n
This sense refers to broader, overarching systems that define social structures, such as 资本主义制度 (capitalist system), 社会主义制度 (socialist system), or 封建宗法制度 (feudal patriarchal system).
system; institution (referring to a political, economic, or cultural system formed under certain historical conditions).
在一定历史条件下形成的政治、经济、文化等方面的体系。
Words:
资本主义制度社会主义制度封建宗法制度
Sentences:
  1. 资(zī)本(běn)主(zhǔ)义(yì)制(zhì)度(dù)和(hé)社(shè)会(huì)主(zhǔ)义(yì)制(zhì)度(dù)是(shì)两(liǎng)种(zhǒng)不(bù)同(tóng)的(de)经(jīng)济(jì)体(tǐ)系(xì)
    The capitalist system and the socialist system are two different economic systems.
  2. 历(lì)史(shǐ)上(shàng)的(de)封(fēng)建(jiàn)宗(zōng)法(fǎ)制(zhì)度(dù)对(duì)家(jiā)族(zú)权(quán)力(lì)有(yǒu)明(míng)确(què)规(guī)定(dìng)
    The historical feudal patriarchal system had clear regulations on family power.

Characters Breakdown

HSK 3
zhì制

make; formulate; control; system

HSK 2
dù duó度

degree