<script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.17.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>

messages: {
    required: "This field is required.",
    remote: "Please fix this field.",
    email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
    url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
    date: "Please enter a valid date.",
    dateISO: "Please enter a valid date ( ISO ).",
    number: "Please enter a valid number.",
    digits: "Please enter only digits.",
    creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card number.",
    equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
    maxlength: $.validator.format( "Please enter no more than {0} characters." ),
    minlength: $.validator.format( "Please enter at least {0} characters." ),
    rangelength: $.validator.format( "Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long." ),
    range: $.validator.format( "Please enter a value between {0} and {1}." ),
    max: $.validator.format( "Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}." ),
    min: $.validator.format( "Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}." )
}

(function( factory ) {
    if ( typeof define === "function" && define.amd ) {
        define( ["jquery", "../jquery.validate"], factory );
    } else {
        factory( jQuery );
    }
}(function( $ ) {

/*
 * Translated default messages for the jQuery validation plugin.
 * Locale: ZH (Chinese, 中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语, 漢語)
 */
$.extend($.validator.messages, {
    required: "这是必填字段",
    remote: "请修正此字段",
    email: "请输入有效的电子邮件地址",
    url: "请输入有效的网址",
    date: "请输入有效的日期",
    dateISO: "请输入有效的日期 (YYYY-MM-DD)",
    number: "请输入有效的数字",
    digits: "只能输入数字",
    creditcard: "请输入有效的信用卡号码",
    equalTo: "你的输入不相同",
    extension: "请输入有效的后缀",
    maxlength: $.validator.format("最多可以输入 {0} 个字符"),
    minlength: $.validator.format("最少要输入 {0} 个字符"),
    rangelength: $.validator.format("请输入长度在 {0} 到 {1} 之间的字符串"),
    range: $.validator.format("请输入范围在 {0} 到 {1} 之间的数值"),
    max: $.validator.format("请输入不大于 {0} 的数值"),
    min: $.validator.format("请输入不小于 {0} 的数值")
});

}));

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.17.0/localization/messages_zh.js"></script>

<form class="cmxform" id="commentForm" method="get" action="">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>输入您的名字，邮箱，URL，备注。</legend>
    <p>
      <label for="cname">Name (必需, 最小两个字母)</label>
      <input id="cname" name="name" minlength="2" type="text" required>
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="cemail">E-Mail (必需)</label>
      <input id="cemail" type="email" name="email" required>
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="curl">URL (可选)</label>
      <input id="curl" type="url" name="url">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="ccomment">备注 (必需)</label>
      <textarea id="ccomment" name="comment" required></textarea>
    </p>
    <p>
      <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
    </p>
  </fieldset>
</form>
<script>
$.validator.setDefaults({
    submitHandler: function() {
      alert("提交事件!");
    }
});
$().ready(function() {
    $("#commentForm").validate();
});
</script>

$().ready(function() {
// 在键盘按下并释放及提交后验证提交表单
  $("#signupForm").validate({
    rules: {
      firstname: "required",
      lastname: "required",
      username: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 2
      },
      password: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 5
      },
      confirm_password: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 5,
        equalTo: "#password"
      },
      email: {
        required: true,
        email: true
      },
      topic: {
        required: "#newsletter:checked",
        minlength: 2
      },
      agree: "required"
    },
    messages: {
      firstname: "请输入您的名字",
      lastname: "请输入您的姓氏",
      username: {
        required: "请输入用户名",
        minlength: "用户名必需由两个字母组成"
      },
      password: {
        required: "请输入密码",
        minlength: "密码长度不能小于 5 个字母"
      },
      confirm_password: {
        required: "请输入密码",
        minlength: "密码长度不能小于 5 个字母",
        equalTo: "两次密码输入不一致"
      },
      email: "请输入一个正确的邮箱",
      agree: "请接受我们的声明",
      topic: "请选择两个主题"
     }
    })
});

<form class="cmxform" id="signupForm" method="get" action="">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>验证完整的表单</legend>
    <p>
      <label for="firstname">名字</label>
      <input id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="lastname">姓氏</label>
      <input id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="username">用户名</label>
      <input id="username" name="username" type="text">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="password">密码</label>
      <input id="password" name="password" type="password">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="confirm_password">验证密码</label>
      <input id="confirm_password" name="confirm_password" type="password">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="email">Email</label>
      <input id="email" name="email" type="email">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="agree">请同意我们的声明</label>
      <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="agree" name="agree">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="newsletter">我乐意接收新信息</label>
      <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="newsletter" name="newsletter">
    </p>
    <fieldset id="newsletter_topics">
      <legend>主题 (至少选择两个) - 注意：如果没有勾选“我乐意接收新信息”以下选项会隐藏，但我们这里作为演示让它可见</legend>
      <label for="topic_marketflash">
        <input type="checkbox" id="topic_marketflash" value="marketflash" name="topic">Marketflash
      </label>
      <label for="topic_fuzz">
        <input type="checkbox" id="topic_fuzz" value="fuzz" name="topic">Latest fuzz
      </label>
      <label for="topic_digester">
        <input type="checkbox" id="topic_digester" value="digester" name="topic">Mailing list digester
      </label>
      <label for="topic" class="error">Please select at least two topics you'd like to receive.</label>
    </fieldset>
    <p>
      <input class="submit" type="submit" value="提交">
    </p>
  </fieldset>
</form>

$().ready(function() {
 $("#signupForm").validate({
        submitHandler:function(form){
            alert("提交事件!");   
            form.submit();
        }    
    });
});

$(".selector").validate({     
 submitHandler: function(form) 
   {      
      $(form).ajaxSubmit();     
   }  
 })

$.validator.setDefaults({
  submitHandler: function(form) { alert("提交事件!");form.submit(); }
});

$().ready(function() {
 $("#signupForm").validate({
        debug:true
    });
});

$.validator.setDefaults({
   debug: true
})

$.validator.setDefaults({
   ignore: ".ignore"
})

$.validator.setDefaults({
   errorPlacement：Callback
})

$.validator.setDefaults({
  errorPlacement: function(error, element) {  
    error.appendTo(element.parent());
    }
})

<p>将错误信息放在 label 元素后并使用 span 元素包裹它</p>

<form method="get" class="cmxform" id="form1" action="">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>Login Form</legend>
    <p>
      <label for="user">Username</label>
      <input id="user" name="user" required minlength="3">
    </p>
    <p>
      <label for="password">Password</label>
      <input id="password" type="password" maxlength="12" name="password" required minlength="5">
    </p>
    <p>
      <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Login">
    </p>
  </fieldset>
</form>

<td class="status"></td>

errorContainer: "div.error",
errorLabelContainer: $("#signupForm div.error"),
wrapper: "li"

input.error { border: 1px solid red; }
label.error {
  background:url("/static/i/jquery/unchecked.gif") no-repeat 0px 0px;

  padding-left: 16px;

  padding-bottom: 2px;

  font-weight: bold;

  color: #EA5200;
}
label.checked {
  background:url("/static/i/jquery/checked.gif") no-repeat 0px 0px;
}

success：String,Callback

success: function(label) {
    // set   as text for IE
    label.html(" ").addClass("checked");
    //label.addClass("valid").text("Ok!")
}

success: "valid"

// 重置表单
$().ready(function() {
 var validator = $("#signupForm").validate({
        submitHandler:function(form){
            alert("submitted");   
            form.submit();
        }    
    });
    $("#reset").click(function() {
        validator.resetForm();
    });

});

remote：URL

remote: "check-email.php"

remote: {
    url: "check-email.php",     //后台处理程序
    type: "post",               //数据发送方式
    dataType: "json",           //接受数据格式   
    data: {                     //要传递的数据
        username: function() {
            return $("#username").val();
        }
    }
}

addMethod：name, method, message

// 中文字两个字节
jQuery.validator.addMethod("byteRangeLength", function(value, element, param) {
    var length = value.length;
    for(var i = 0; i < value.length; i++){
        if(value.charCodeAt(i) > 127){
            length++;
        }
    }
  return this.optional(element) || ( length >= param[0] && length <= param[1] );   
}, $.validator.format("请确保输入的值在{0}-{1}个字节之间(一个中文字算2个字节)"));

// 邮政编码验证   
jQuery.validator.addMethod("isZipCode", function(value, element) {   
    var tel = /^[0-9]{6}$/;
    return this.optional(element) || (tel.test(value));
}, "请正确填写您的邮政编码");

<input  type="radio" id="gender_male" value="m" name="gender" required />
<input  type="radio" id="gender_female" value="f" name="gender"/>

<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="agree" name="agree" required />

<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="spam_email" value="email" name="spam[]" required minlength="2" />
<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="spam_phone" value="phone" name="spam[]" />
<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="spam_mail" value="mail" name="spam[]" />

<select id="jungle" name="jungle" title="Please select something!" required>
    <option value=""></option>
    <option value="1">Buga</option>
    <option value="2">Baga</option>
    <option value="3">Oi</option>
</select>

<select id="fruit" name="fruit" title="Please select at least two fruits" class="{required:true, minlength:2}" multiple="multiple">
    <option value="b">Banana</option>
    <option value="a">Apple</option>
    <option value="p">Peach</option>
    <option value="t">Turtle</option>
</select>

$.validator.addMethod("af",function(value,element,params){  
    if(value.length>1){
        return false;
    }
    if(value>=params[0] && value<=params[1]){
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
},"必须是一个字母,且a-f");

username:{
   af:["a","f"]
}

$("#myform").validate({

   meta:"validate",

   submitHandler:function() { 
alert("Submitted!") }

})

<script src="js/jquery.metadata.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
  <input type="text" name="email" class="{validate:{ required:true,email:true }}" />
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>