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控

kòng

HSK 5 Character

What 控 means

1. to control
2. to accuse
3. to charge
4. to sue
5. to invert a container to empty it
6. (suffix) (slang) buff
7. enthusiast
8. devotee
9. -phile or -philia

Example sentences

• 控制住她。
  Control her.
• 他指控了她。
  Tā zhǐkòng le tā.
  He laid a charge against her.
• 我要控告你。
  Wǒ yào kònggào nǐ.
  I will sue you.
• 控制住自己。
  Control yourselves.
• 控制住自己！
  Control yourself!
• 我控制住了。
  I've got things under control.

Words starting with 控

• 控制kòng zhìto control
• 控股kòng gǔto own a controlling number of shares in a company
• 控诉kòng sùto accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against
• 控告kòng gàoto accuse; to charge; to indict
• 控制权kòng zhì quáncontrol (as in "to win control")
• 控制台kòng zhì táicontrol desk; console
• 控件kòng jiàn(computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc)
• 控方kòng fāng(law) the prosecution
• 控管kòng guǎnto control (quality etc); to manage (resources etc)
• 控罪kòng zuìcriminal charge; accusation
• 控规kòng guīregulatory plan
• 控评kòng píngto manipulate the comments section on social media
• 控制室kòng zhì shìcontrol room
• 控制论kòng zhì lùncybernetics
• 控卫kòng wèi(basketball) point guard (abbr. for 控球后卫
• 控球后卫kòng qiú hòu wèi(basketball) point guard
• 控股公司kòng gǔ gōng sīholding company
• 控辩kòng biànthe prosecution and the defense (law)
• 控辩交易kòng biàn jiāo yìplea bargaining; plea agreement
• 控辩协议kòng biàn xié yìplea bargain (law)
• 控制棒kòng zhì bàngcontrol rods
• 控制狂kòng zhì kuángcontrol freak
• 控制杆kòng zhì gǎncontrol lever; joystick

Words containing 控

• 遥控yáo kòngto direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
• 监控jiān kòngto monitor
• 调控tiáo kòngto regulate; to control
• 指控zhǐ kòngaccusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
• 失控shī kòngto go out of control
• 遥控器yáo kòng qìa remote control
• 防控fáng kòngto prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
• 被控bèi kòngto be charged; to be accused (of an offense)
• 自控zì kòngautomated; automatically regulated; to control oneself
• 数控shù kòngnumerical control (machining)
• 自动控制zì dòng kòng zhìautomatic control
• 受控shòu kòngto be controlled
• 品控pǐn kòngquality control (QC), abbr. for 品质控制
• 专控zhuān kòngexclusive control
• 布控bù kòngto deploy surveillance; to put under surveillance
• 手控shǒu kòngmanual control
• 把控bǎ kòngto control; to be in charge of
• 测控cè kòngmeasurement and control
• 程控chéng kòngprogrammed; under automatic control
• 管控guǎn kòngto control
• 边控biān kòngborder control (abbr. for 边境控制; to place sb on a border control list…
• 电控diàn kòngelectric control; electronic control
• 实控人shí kòng rén(corporations law) actual controller (abbr. for 实际控制人
• 正太控zhèng tài kòngshotacon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic…

Characters built on 空

These share the phonetic component 空 (kōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 崆kōngname of a mountain
• 倥kōngignorant; blank-minded
• 箜kōngused in 箜篌

Characters that look like 控

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 腔qiāng(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…

Sounds the same

Read kòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 空to empty; vacant; unoccupied
• 鞚(literary) bridle (of a horse)
• 焢(Taiwan) to roast; (Taiwan) to braise until tender
• 爌see 爌肉