HSK 5 · Verbs

控制 kòngzhì “to control” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 控制 means

  1. to control

How to say 控制

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale控kòng4th 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

控制 in a sentence

  1. 想要减肥就必须控制食欲。

    Xiǎngyào jiǎnféi jiù bìxū kòngzhì shíyù.

    If you want to lose weight, then you need to control your appetite.

    Sentence #2454753 from Tatoeba

  2. 一切都在控制之中。

    Yíqiè dōu zài kòngzhì zhīzhōng.

    Everything’s under control.

    Sentence #10477403 from Tatoeba

  3. 交通灯是用来控制交通的。

    Jiāotōngdēng shì yònglái kòngzhì jiāotōng de.

    Traffic lights are used to control traffic.

    Sentence #1570036 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 控制 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 控 (kòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
控kòngto control
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 空hollow · kōngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 空 (kōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kòng.

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 控制

控 11 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.

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

Words related to 控制

Words with 控

遥控yáokòng · remote control

Words with 制

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牵制qiānzhì · to contain

More words: Common Verbs

开放kāifàng · to open (to the public)砍kǎn · to chop克kè · gram克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)拦lán · to block利用lìyòng · to make use of联合liánhé · to combine流传liúchuán · to spread

FAQs

控制 (kòngzhì) means “to control”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kòngzhì: kòng 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. 控制 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kongzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 控制 from the suggestions. Typing kongzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
控制 is an HSK 5 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.