Meaning
system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate; manufacture
Chinese: 制造、制度或控制。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhi” becomes a different word in each tone. 制 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 制造zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
- 制作zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
- 制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
- 制定zhì dìngto draw up; to formulate
- 限制xiàn zhìto restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction
Example Sentence
这张桌子是木头制成的。Zhè zhāng zhuō zi shì mù tou zhì chéng de.This table is made of wood.
这Zhèthis张zhāngto open up桌子zhuō zitable是shìis木头mù touwood制成zhì chéngto manufacture的deof。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Originally a knife (刂) trimming a branch to shape: ‘to cut/make’. In simplified Chinese 制 also covers 製 ‘to manufacture’. Senses: ‘to make; system; to control, restrain’ (制造, 制度, 控制).
A way to remember it
Cut to shape — to make; a system; to control.