则

Traditional form:

則

Pinyin (reading):

zé

Definitions:

• (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

Characters:

• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades

Traditional characters:

• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades