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节制

jié zhì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 節制

节制 (jié zhì) means "to control; to restrict; to moderate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 节制 means

1. to control
2. to restrict
3. to moderate
4. to temper
5. moderation
6. sobriety
7. to administer

The characters in 节制

• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Example sentences

• 健康与运动及节制密不可分。
  Jiànkāng yǔ yùndòng jí jiézhì mìbùkěfēn.
  Good health is inseparable from exercise and moderation.

Words containing 节制

• 有节制yǒu jié zhìtemperate; moderate; restrained

Sounds the same

Read jié zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 截至up to (a time); by (a time)

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