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遏制

è zhì

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

遏制 (è zhì) means "to check; to contain; to hold back". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 遏制 means

1. to check
2. to contain
3. to hold back
4. to keep within limits
5. to constrain
6. to restrain

The characters in 遏制

• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Example sentences

• 我无法遏制住我的怒火。
  I couldn't control my anger.

Sounds the same

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

• 扼制to control; to restrain

Where 遏制 is taught

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

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