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守法

守法

Chinese

		to guard	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (守法)		守	法

Adjective

守法

law-abiding

Verb

守法

to abide by the law

Etymology

A contraction of 遵守 (zūnshǒu, “abide by”) and 法律 (fǎlǜ, “law”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒufǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-fap
Min Nan (POJ): siú-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shǒufǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooufaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² faat³
  - Yale: sáu faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² faat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ fɑːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` fab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ fab⁵
  - IPA: /su³¹ fap̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: siú-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/