条例

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 公司制定了新的管理条例。▶ —
   The company drew up new management regulations.
2. 请遵守交通管理条例。▶ —
   Please comply with the traffic regulations.

Collocations

Mnemonic

条 tiáo "article, item" + 例 lì "rule, precedent": rules set out article by article, i.e. regulations, an ordinance. Korean renders it as "regulations, ordinance". A subordinate body of law that regulates a specific field with concrete clauses (管理条例 management regulations, 暂行条例 provisional regulations). A concrete implementing rule beneath the supreme 宪法. 条 means "article" (条款, 条约); 例 means "rule, precedent" (例子, 惯例). More concrete and detailed than 法律.

Related

Quick check

1. What is the status of 条例 versus 宪法?

   • a concrete subordinate rule for a field
   • the supreme fundamental law
   • a personal diary
   • an ad slogan