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限制

xiàn zhì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

限制 (xiàn zhì) means "to restrict". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 限制 means

1. to restrict
2. to limit
3. to confine
4. restriction
5. limit

The characters in 限制

• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Example sentences

• 有速度限制吗?
  Is there a speed limit?
• 连笑话也有限制。
  Lián xiàohuà yě yǒuxiàn zhì.
  Even jokes have a limit.
• 限制白糖和盐的消费。
  Xiànzhì báitáng hé yán de xiāofèi.
  Limit the consumption of white sugar and salt.
• 怎么用路由器限制网速？
  Zěnme yòng lùyóuqì xiànzhì wǎng sù?
  How can a router be used to limit network speed?
• 怎幺用路由器限制网速？
  How can a router be used to limit network speed?
• 他们把我的限制提高了。
  They've upped my limit.

Words starting with 限制

• 限制级xiàn zhì jíR-rated
• 限制酶xiàn zhì méirestriction enzyme
• 限制酶图谱xiàn zhì méi tú pǔrestriction mapping (in genomics); restriction pattern

Words containing 限制

• 无限制wú xiàn zhìlimitless; unrestricted
• 涨跌幅限制zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhìlimit up, limit down; limit on daily price variation

Sounds the same

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

• 县志general history of a county; county annals
• 宪制system of constitutional government; (attributive) constitutional

Where 限制 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, law & regulations (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàn zhì correctly.
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