制 zhì system
system; to establish; to manufacture; to control; to make
How to remember 制: 牛 cow + 冂 outer limits + 刂 knife = system. The dairy farmer counts every cow, walks the outer limits of the pasture and hangs each knife on its own hook, loving her tidy system.
Component breakdown
制 = 牛 cow + 冂 outer limits + 刂 knife
- 牛 cow
- 冂 outer limits
- 刂 knife
The dairy farmer counts every cow, walks the outer limits of the pasture and hangs each knife on its own hook, loving her tidy system.
How it is used
- Bound root with two clusters of meaning: "system" (制度 zhìdù "system", as a suffix like 学分制 xuéfēn zhì "credit system") and "to manufacture/establish" (制作 zhìzuò "to make/produce", 制造 zhìzào "to manufacture").
- 控制 kòngzhì "to control" and 复制 fùzhì "to copy/duplicate" (including Ctrl+C "复制") are two of its highest-frequency compounds.
- Formal/written register overall; rarely stands alone.
Words with 制
- 制作zhìzuòto makeHSK 5
- 制定zhìdìngto draw upHSK 5
- 制度zhìdùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)HSK 5
- 制订zhìdìngto work outHSK 5
- 制造zhìzàoto manufactureHSK 5
- 复制fùzhìto duplicateHSK 5
- 控制kòngzhìto controlHSK 5
- 研制yánzhìto research and manufactureHSK 5
- 限制xiànzhìto restrictHSK 5
- 制品zhìpǐnproductsHSK 6
- 定制dìngzhìcustom-madeHSK 6
- 录制lùzhìto record (video or audio)HSK 6
- 抑制yìzhìto inhibitHSK 6
- 机制jīzhìmachine-processedHSK 6
- 制服zhìfúwhat one is allowed to wear depending on social statusHSK 7
- 专制zhuānzhìautocracyHSK 8
- 乳制品rǔzhìpǐndairy productsHSK 8
- 仿制fǎngzhìto copyHSK 8
- 体制tǐzhìsystemHSK 8
- 克制kèzhìto restrainHSK 8
- 制服zhìfúto subdueHSK 8
- 制止zhìzhǐto curbHSK 8
- 制约zhìyuēto restrictHSK 8
- 制裁zhìcáito punishHSK 8
- 压制yāzhìto suppressHSK 8
- 因地制宜yīndì-zhìyíto use methods in line with local circumstancesHSK 8
- 强制qiángzhìto forceHSK 8
- 抵制dǐzhìto resistHSK 8
- 法制fǎzhìlegal system and institutionsHSK 9
- 牵制qiānzhìto controlHSK 9
- 特制tèzhìspecially madeHSK 9
- 绘制huìzhìto drawHSK 9
- 编制biānzhìto establish (a unit or department)HSK 9
- 节制jiézhìto controlHSK 9
- 遏制èzhìto checkHSK 9
Example sentences
- 它的制造过程很复杂。 Tā de zhìzào guòchéng hěn fùzá.The manufacturing process is very complicated.