Chinese

有限

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
limited (subject to certain limits, or small or few in number or in low in degree); finite
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 7

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  • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
    • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
    • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
    • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
  • characterChinese限 “boundary; limit; line”
    • meaningChinese阜 “mound”
    • soundChinese艮 “one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)”
      • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”

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