HSK 6 · Emotions

拘束 jūshù “ill at ease” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 拘束 means

  1. ill at ease
  2. constrained
  3. to restrict
  4. to restrain
  5. awkward
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • uncomfortable

How to say 拘束

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拘jū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale束shù4th tone, falling

拘束 in a sentence

  1. 第一次去她家，我觉得有点拘束。

    Dìyī cì qù tā jiā, wǒ juéde yǒudiǎn jūshù.

    The first time I went to her place, I felt a bit ill at ease.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别拘束，就当在自己家一样。

    Bié jūshù, jiù dāng zài zìjǐ jiā yíyàng.

    Don’t be shy. Make yourself at home.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 拘束 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 拘 (jū) with each of its parts in a different colour
拘jūto capture
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 句sentence · jùSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 句 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jū.

The character 束 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
束shùto bind
  • 木tree · mù
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 拘束

拘 8 strokes · 束 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 拘束

Words with 拘

拘留jūliú · to detain

Words with 束

结束jiéshù · to end束shù · bunch束缚shùfù · to restrict约束yuēshù · to restrain

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success急躁jízào · impatient绝望juéwàng · to despair沮丧jǔsàng · dejected渴望kěwàng · to long for可恶kěwù · hateful克制kèzhì · to restrain恐怖kǒngbù · terror

FAQs

拘束 (jūshù) means “ill at ease” or “constrained”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jūshù: jū with a 1st tone, then shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拘束 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拘束 from the suggestions. Typing jushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拘束 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.