HSK 6 · Ideas

局限 júxiàn “to limit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 局限 means

  1. to limit
  2. to confine
  3. limitation
  4. to restrict sth within set boundaries

How to say 局限

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale限xiàn4th tone, falling

局限 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆清楚自己的局限。

    Tāngmǔ qīngchu zìjǐ de júxiàn.

    Tom is aware of his own limitations.

    Sentence #13882166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 局限 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 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 局限

局 7 strokes · 限 8 strokes

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

Words related to 局限

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout格局géjú · structure结局jiéjú · ending局部júbù · part局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)全局quánjú · overall situation公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau

Words with 限

限制xiànzhì · to restrict期限qīxiàn · time limit界限jièxiàn · boundary极限jíxiàn · limit

More words: Ideas & Concepts

觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention考验kǎoyàn · to test空白kòngbái · blank框架kuàngjià · frame苦尽甘来kǔjìngānlái · after hardship comes happiness

FAQs

局限 (júxiàn) means “to limit” or “to confine”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it júxiàn: jú with a 2nd 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. 局限 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 局限 from the suggestions. Typing juxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
局限 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.