HSK 6 · Ideas

界限 jièxiàn “boundary” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 界限 means

  1. boundary
  2. limit

How to say 界限

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale界jiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale限xiàn4th tone, falling

界限 in a sentence

  1. 所有的事物都要被怀疑、被验证，思想没有界限。

    Suǒyǒu de shìwù dōu yào bèi huáiyí, bèi yànzhèng, sīxiǎng méiyǒu jièxiàn.

    Everything must be questioned and verified; thought knows no bounds.

    Sentence #3130828 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 界限 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 界 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
界jièboundary; border
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 介agent · jièSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 介 (jiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

The character 限 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
限xiànto limit
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

How to write 界限

界 9 strokes · 限 8 strokes

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

Words related to 界限

Words with 界

世界shìjiè · world边界biānjiè · border境界jìngjiè · realm外界wàijiè · the outside world

Words with 限

限制xiànzhì · to restrict期限qīxiàn · time limit极限jíxiàn · limit局限júxiàn · to limit

More words: Ideas & Concepts

见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause焦点jiāodiǎn · focus级别jíbié · level结局jiéjú · ending精华jīnghuá · essence境界jìngjiè · realm锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better进展jìnzhǎn · progress

FAQs

界限 (jièxiàn) means “boundary” or “limit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jièxiàn: jiè with a 4th tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 界限 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiexian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 界限 from the suggestions. Typing jiexian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
界限 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.