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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
limit
bound
to set a limit (on)
boundary, limit, line

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

place

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝艮

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gěn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiàn

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费用 fèi yòng 200 Yuán wéi xiàn .

The expenses shall not exceed 200 yuan.

ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

主要 zhǔyào de 限制 xiànzhì 因子 yīn zǐ shì duì yún de 了解 liǎojiě .

The primary limiting factor is the specification of clouds.

坚持 jiānchí 所有 suǒyǒu 物质 wùzhì dōu 无限 wú xiàn de fēn .

He argued that all matter was infinitely divisible.

限制 xiànzhì měi rén zhǐ bēi chá .

He limited each person to one cup of tea.

Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
限制 xiànzhì to restrict限制 xiànzhì
有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī
有限 yǒu xiàn limited有限 yǒu xiàn
无限 wú xiàn unlimited無限
xiàn limit xiàn
期限 qīxiàn time limit期限 qīxiàn
极限 jíxiàn limit極限
权限 quán xiàn scope of authority權限
界限 jièxiàn boundary界限 jièxiàn
限于 xiàn yú to be limited to限於
股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī corporation股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī
限度 xiàn dù limit限度 xiàn dù
局限 júxiàn to limit局限 júxiàn
上限 shàng xiàn upper bound上限 shàng xiàn
限定 xiàn dìng to limit限定 xiàn dìng
时限 shí xiàn time limit時限
限期 xiàn qī time limit限期 xiàn qī
年限 nián xiàn age limit年限 nián xiàn
无限期 wú xiàn qī unlimited (time) duration無限期
局限性 jú xiàn xìng limitations局限性 jú xiàn xìng
限速 xiàn sù speed limit限速 xiàn sù
限价 xiàn jià limit on price限價
宽限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc)寬限
象限 xiàng xiàn quadrant (in coordinate geometry)象限 xiàng xiàn

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàn Decomposition

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