遵守

Chinese

		to observe; to obey; to follow	to guard
trad. (遵守)		遵	守
simp. ^#(遵守)		遵	守

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn-sú
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chun-siú

(Teochew, Peng'im): zung¹ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-shou³
  - Yale: dzwūn-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenshoou
  - Palladius: цзуньшоу (czunʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon¹ sau²
  - Yale: jēun sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˊ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tsun-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zunsiuo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³ siu⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ siu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴⁻³³ siu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zung¹ siu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsung siú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ³³⁻²³ siu⁵²/

Verb

遵守

to observe; to abide by; to follow; to comply
遵守媽媽的叮嚀／遵守妈妈的叮咛 ― zūnshǒu māma de dīngníng ― to follow mum's advice

遵守法紀／遵守法纪 ― zūnshǒu fǎjì ― to abide by the law and observe discipline

遵守停火 ― zūnshǒu tínghuǒ ― to observe a ceasefire

遵守規定／遵守规定 ― zūnshǒu guīdìng ― to comply with regulations

請遵守場內秩序。 [MSC, trad.]
请遵守场内秩序。 [MSC, simp.]
Qǐng zūnshǒu chǎng nèi zhìxù. [Pinyin]
Please keep order.

Synonyms

佩服 (pèifú) (literary)
守 (shǒu)
遵奉 (zūnfèng)
遵從 / 遵从 (zūncóng)
遵循 (zūnxún)
遵照 (zūnzhào)

Derived terms

守法 (shǒufǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遵	守
じゅん Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
順守

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅんしゅ [júꜜǹshù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ɰ̃ɕɨ]

Noun

遵(じゅん)守(しゅ) • (junshu)

compliance, observance, obeying the law

Verb

遵(じゅん)守(しゅ)する • (junshu suru) transitive suru (stem 遵(じゅん)守(しゅ)し (junshu shi), past 遵(じゅん)守(しゅ)した (junshu shita))

to obey, to abide by (a rule or law)
交通規則(こうつうきそく)を遵守(じゅんしゅ)する。
Kōtsū kisoku o junshu suru.
(They) obey the traffic regulations.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遵守する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遵守し	じゅんしゅし	junshu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遵守し	じゅんしゅし	junshu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遵守する	じゅんしゅする	junshu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遵守する	じゅんしゅする	junshu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遵守すれ	じゅんしゅすれ	junshu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遵守せよ¹ 遵守しろ²	じゅんしゅせよ¹ じゅんしゅしろ²	junshu seyo¹ junshu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遵守される	じゅんしゅされる	junshu sareru
Causative	遵守させる遵守さす	じゅんしゅさせるじゅんしゅさす	junshu saseru junshu sasu
Potential	遵守できる	じゅんしゅできる	junshu dekiru
Volitional	遵守しよう	じゅんしゅしよう	junshu shiyō
Negative	遵守しない	じゅんしゅしない	junshu shinai
Negative continuative	遵守せず	じゅんしゅせず	junshu sezu
Formal	遵守します	じゅんしゅします	junshu shimasu
Perfective	遵守した	じゅんしゅした	junshu shita
Conjunctive	遵守して	じゅんしゅして	junshu shite
Hypothetical conditional	遵守すれば	じゅんしゅすれば	junshu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Antonyms

違反(いはん) (ihan)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“遵守”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
遵	守

Verb

遵守

chữ Hán form of tuân thủ (“to obey; to abide by; to keep to; to comply with”)