節制

See also: 节制

Chinese

 
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (節制)
simp. (节制)

Pronunciation


Verb

節制

  1. to check; to moderate; to control; to limit; to abstain
    喝酒節制盡量 [MSC, trad.]
    喝酒节制尽量 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā hējiǔ yǒu jiézhì, bù jìnliàng. [Pinyin]
    He drinks in moderation and doesn't reach his limit.
  2. (literary) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to command (an army)

Synonyms

  • (check):

Noun

節制

  1. restraint; self-control; abstinence

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

節制 (hiragana せっせい, rōmaji sessei)

  1. temperance; self-restraint; moderation; abstinence.
  2. (tarot): temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

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Antonyms

Verb

節制する (suru conjugation, hiragana せっせいする, rōmaji sessei suru)

  1. be moderate, be temperate

Conjugation

See also


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

節制 (jeji) (hangeul 제지)

  1. Hanja form? of 제지 (restraint, control, check).
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