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界限

jiè xiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

界限 (jiè xiàn) means "boundary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 界限 means

1. boundary

The characters in 界限

• 界jiè(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit

Example sentences

• 所有的事物都要被怀疑、被验证，思想没有界限。
  Suǒyǒu de shìwù dōu yào bèi huáiyí, bèi yànzhèng, sīxiǎng méiyǒu jièxiàn.
  Everything has been suspected and been inspected; thoughts have no boundaries.
• 我们必须阐明这个观点，在运动项目上，业余选手和专业选手的界限开始消失了。
  Wǒmen bìxū chǎnmíng zhège guāndiǎn, zài yùndòng xiàngmù shàng, yèyú xuǎnshǒu hé zhuānyè xuǎnshǒu de jièxiàn kāishǐ xiāoshī le.
  The point we must clarify here is that the lines between amateur and professional in sport are beginning to disappear.

Sounds the same

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

• 界线limits; bounds; dividing line

Where 界限 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiè xiàn correctly.
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