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
限定
xiàndìng
to restrict; to limit; to define
Characters in this word
定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这项补贴只限定于低收入家庭，申请人必须提交完整的证明材料。 Zhè xiàng bǔtiē zhǐ xiàndìng yú dī shōurù jiātíng, shēnqǐng rén bìxū tíjiāo wánzhěng de zhèngmíng cáiliào. This subsidy is restricted to low-income families, and applicants must submit complete supporting documents.
- 参加比赛的人数限定在二十人以内。 Cānjiā bǐsài de rénshù xiàndìng zài èrshí rén yǐnèi. The number of people taking part in the competition is limited to twenty.
- 他把报告的内容限定在三个问题上。 Tā bǎ bàogào de nèiróng xiàndìng zài sān gè wèntí shàng. He limited the content of the report to three questions.
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
- 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