限 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
限
xiàn
to limit
Character
Example phrases
- 影院规定每人限购两张特价票。 Yǐngyuàn guīdìng měi rén xiàngòu liǎng zhāng tèjià piào. The cinema stipulates that each person is limited to buying two discounted tickets.
- 这个优惠只限今天，过了就没有了。 Zhège yōuhuì zhǐ xiàn jīntiān, guò le jiù méiyǒu le. This offer is limited to today only, and after that it's gone.
- 这间教室限坐三十人，请大家不要再进来了。 Zhè jiān jiàoshì xiàn zuò sānshí rén, qǐng dàjiā bú yào zài jìnlai le. This classroom seats at most thirty people, so please don't come in any more.
Related words
- 期限 qīxiàn deadline
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 限制 xiànzhì to limit; limit
- 有限 yǒuxiàn limited
- 局限 júxiàn to limit, to restrict
- 限度 xiàndù limit
- 限于 xiànyú to be limited to
- 极限 jíxiàn limit; extreme
- 界限 jièxiàn boundary; limit
- 年限 niánxiàn time limit; fixed number of years; service life
- 权限 quánxiàn permission; authority; access rights
- 上限 shàngxiàn upper limit; ceiling