HSK 6 · Verbs

节制 jiézhì “to control” in Chinese

Traditional 節制

What 节制 means

  1. to control
  2. to restrain
  3. moderation
  4. to restrict
  5. to moderate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to temper
  • sobriety

How to say 节制

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling

节制 in a sentence

  1. 健康与运动及节制密不可分。

    Jiànkāng yǔ yùndòng jí jiézhì mìbùkěfēn.

    Good health is inseparable from exercise and moderation.

    Sentence #333222 from Tatoeba

How 节制 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 节 (jié) drawn as one shape
节jiéjoint; node

节 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 節, the joints of bamboo ⺮ (the simplified form has 艹 on top). From there, a section, and a festival.

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 节制

节 5 strokes · 制 8 strokes

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

Words related to 节制

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme节日jiérì · holiday过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival节jié · festival节约jiéyuē · to economise节省jiéshěng · to save细节xìjié · details国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)调节tiáojié · to adjust

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牵制qiānzhì · to contain

More words: Common Verbs

解除jiěchú · to remove竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate借助jièzhù · to rely on惊动jīngdòng · to disturb精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute

FAQs

节制 (jiézhì) means “to control” or “to restrain”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiézhì: jié with a 2nd 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, 节制 is written 節制. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiezhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 节制 from the suggestions. Typing jiezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
节制 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.