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有限

yǒu xiàn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

有限 (yǒu xiàn) means "limited; finite". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 有限 means

1. limited; finite

The characters in 有限

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit

Example sentences

• 连笑话也有限制。
  Lián xiàohuà yě yǒuxiàn zhì.
  Even jokes have a limit.
• 忍耐是有限度的。
  Patience has its limits.
• 我们公司是有限公司。
  Wǒmen gōngsī shì yǒuxiàngōngsī.
  Our company is a limited company.
• 我们ACME有限公司，特此宣布，我们将尽我们的力量抵制这种恶意收购。
  Wǒmen A CME yǒuxiàngōngsī, tècǐ xuānbù, wǒmen jiāng jìn wǒmen de lìliang dǐzhì zhèzhǒng èyì shōugòu.
  We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.
• 我想知道您能否把我介绍给 PC Interactive 有限公司的哈里森先生。
  I wonder if it would be possible for you to introduce me to Mr. Harrison of PC Interactive Co. Ltd.

Words starting with 有限

• 有限公司yǒu xiàn gōng sīlimited company; corporation
• 有限集yǒu xiàn jífinite set
• 有限元yǒu xiàn yuánfinite element (method)
• 有限元法yǒu xiàn yuán fǎfinite element method
• 有限单元yǒu xiàn dān yuánfinite element (method)
• 有限群yǒu xiàn qúnfinite group (math.)

Words containing 有限

• 股份有限公司gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sījoint-stock limited company; corporation
• 中航技进出口有限责任公司Zhōng háng jì Jìn chū kǒu Yǒu xiàn Zé rèn Gōng sīChina National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)

Sounds the same

Read yǒu xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 有线wired; cable (television)

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