HSK 6 · Emotions

克制 kèzhì “to restrain” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 克制 means

  1. to restrain
  2. to control oneself
  3. restraint
  4. to control
  5. self-control

How to say 克制

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale克kè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling

克制 in a sentence

  1. 他克制住了自己的怒火。

    Tā kèzhì zhù le zìjǐ de nùhuǒ.

    He kept his anger in check.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 减肥的时候要克制吃甜食的欲望。

    Jiǎnféi de shíhou yào kèzhì chī tiánshí de yùwàng.

    When you’re trying to lose weight, you have to resist the urge to eat sweets.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 克制 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 克 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
克kèto be able to
  • 十ten · shí
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
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 克制

克 7 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.

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

Words related to 克制

Words with 克

巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)克kè · gram克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)攻克gōngkè · to capture

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: Emotions & Attitudes

沮丧jǔsàng · dejected拘束jūshù · ill at ease渴望kěwàng · to long for可恶kěwù · hateful恐怖kǒngbù · terror恐惧kǒngjù · fear空虚kōngxū · empty快活kuàihuo · happy

FAQs

克制 (kèzhì) means “to restrain” or “to control oneself”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kèzhì: kè with a 4th 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.
Yes. 克制 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kezhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 克制 from the suggestions. Typing kezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
克制 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.