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约束

yuē shù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 約束

约束 (yuē shù) means "to restrict". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 约束 means

1. to restrict
2. to limit to
3. to constrain
4. restriction
5. constraint

The characters in 约束

• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle

Example sentences

• 我在这里总感到约束。
  Wǒ zài zhèlǐ zǒng gǎndào yuēshù.
  I feel always restricted here.

Words starting with 约束

• 约束力yuē shù lì(of a contract) binding (law)
• 约束条件yuē shù tiáo jiànrestrictive condition; constraint

Words containing 约束

• 受约束shòu yuē shùrestricted; constrained
• 法律约束力fǎ lǜ yuē shù lìlegal force (i.e. binding in law)

Sounds the same

Read yuē shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 约数divisor (of a number); approximate number

Where 约束 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (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 yuē shù correctly.
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