准

zhǔn

accurate

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

Ice (冫) + bird radical (隹) = frozen-still accuracy

The ice radical suggests a level, still surface — the flatness of frozen water as a metaphor for precision and correctness. 隹 mainly lends the sound zhǔn and does not carry the meaning.

冫+隹→准
冫IceSemantic
隹A short-tailed birdPhonetic

他说的话很准,每次都猜对了。

tā shuō de huà hěn zhǔn, měi cì dōu cāi duì le。

What he says is very accurate; he guesses right every time.

她是我的准女友,我们下个月就在一起了。

tā shì wǒ de zhǔn nǚ yǒu, wǒ men xià gè yuè jiù zài yī qǐ le。

She is my girlfriend-to-be; we will be together next month.

Words with 准

双重标准

shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn

double standard

瞄准

miáo zhǔn

to take aim at; to target

标准化

biāo zhǔn huà

standardization

特准

tè zhǔn

to give special approval

准考证

zhǔn kǎo zhèng

(exam) admission ticket

技术标准

jì shù biāo zhǔn

technology standard

通用汉字标准交换码

tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ

abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]

郑梦准

zhèng mèng zhǔn

Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4 dai4]

一准

yī zhǔn

certainly

不准

bù zhǔn

not to allow

不准许

bù zhǔn xǔ

forbidden

不准确

bù zhǔn què

imprecise

More characters with 冫

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