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
限于
xiànyú
to be limited to
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 由于时间有限，今天的讨论只能限于预算问题。 Yóuyú shíjiān yǒuxiàn, jīntiān de tǎolùn zhǐ néng xiànyú yùsuàn wèntí. Because time is limited, today's discussion can only be limited to budget issues.
- 这次调查限于本市，没有包括其他城市。 Zhè cì diàochá xiànyú běn shì, méiyǒu bāokuò qítā chéngshì. This survey is limited to our city and does not include other cities.
- 限于场地大小，每场比赛只能请五十位观众。 Xiànyú chǎngdì dàxiǎo, měi chǎng bǐsài zhǐ néng qǐng wǔshí wèi guānzhòng. Because of the size of the venue, only fifty spectators can be invited to each match.
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 xiàn to limit
- 限度 xiàndù limit
- 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