HSK 6 · Verbs

牵制 qiānzhì “to contain” in Chinese

Traditional 牽制

What 牵制 means

  1. to contain
  2. to restrain
  3. to pin down
  4. to control
  5. to curb
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to restrict
  • to impede
  • to pin down (enemy troops)

How to say 牵制

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale牵qiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling

牵制 in a sentence

  1. 他在比赛中一直牵制着对方的主力。

    Tā zài bǐsài zhōng yìzhí qiānzhì zhe duìfāng de zhǔlì.

    Throughout the match he kept the other team’s best player in check.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 太多的事情牵制了他的精力。

    Tài duō de shìqing qiānzhì le tā de jīnglì.

    Too many things are taking up his energy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 牵制 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 牵 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
牵qiānto lead along
  • 大big · dà
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 牛cow · niú
The character 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 牵制

牵 9 strokes · 制 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

牵制 (qiānzhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 牵制 (qiānzhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 牵制

Words with 牵

牵qiān · to lead (by the hand or a rope)牵扯qiānchě · to involve

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make制度zhìdù · system (of rules)复制fùzhì · to duplicate制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control

More words: Common Verbs

抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue强迫qiǎngpò · to force迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate翘qiào · to stick up起草qǐcǎo · to draft欺负qīfu · to bully起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble

FAQs

牵制 (qiānzhì) means “to contain” or “to restrain”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiānzhì: qiān with a 1st tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 牵制 is written 牽制. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 牵制 from the suggestions. Typing qianzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
牵制 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.