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Meaning of 制

Pinyin zhì

Radical

刂

Strokes

Definition

system / to make / to manufacture / to control / to regulate, manufacture

Usage

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制 [zhì] Meaning: 1. 规定: to formulate; to set regulations. (e.g., 因地制宜: to adapt measures to local conditions; 制定: to formulate; 制式: formality; 制宪: constitutional establishment) 2. 限定，约束，管束: to restrict, to constrain. (e.g., 制止: to stop; 制裁: punish; 专制: autocracy; 制约: to restrict; 抵制: to resist; 节制: to control; 制海权: to restrict maritime rights) 3. 法规，制度: laws and regulations; policy. (e.g., 民主集中制: democratic centralism; 公有制: public ownership) 4. 造，作: to create; to make. (e.g., 制造: to manufacture; 制做: to produce; 制品: manufactured goods; 制图: map design; 制革: leather processing; 制版: plate making. 如法炮制: to follow the established method) 5. 依照规定的标准做的: done according to set standards. (e.g., 制钱: the copper coins of the Ming and Qing dynasties; 制服: uniform) 6. 古代帝王的命令: commands of ancient emperors. (e.g., 制诰: imperial decree) 7. 古代父母死亡守丧: to observe mourning rituals for deceased parents. (e.g.,守制: compliance with mourning rituals) --- 制 [zhì] (as a verb) 1. 同本义: to cut; to make. (e.g., 裁断, 制作) 2. 制定，用文字规定: to formulate regulations. (e.g., 制数: to establish regulations) 3. 控制; 制服: to overpower; to control. (e.g., 秦有余力而制其弊: Qin had the strength to control its excesses) 4. 抑制，限制，忍住: to restrain; to limit. (e.g., 制劫: to hold back; 制约: to restrict) 5. 主管: to be in charge of. (e.g., 制兵: to command the military) 6. 裁决，决断: to adjudicate. (e.g., 制法: decision-making) 7. 通“质”: to mortgage. (e.g., 委制: to pledge property) --- 制 [zhì] (as a noun) 1. 规章，制度: system; regulations. (e.g., 制令: system law; 制象: system, legal system) 2. 式样: style. (e.g., 制样: style) 3. 规模: dimension; proportion. (e.g., 增其旧制: to adjust the old size) 4. 守父母之丧为制: three years of mourning for parents. (e.g., 在制中: in mourning) 5. 帝王的命令: imperial orders; laws. (e.g., 制曰: the emperor's decree) 6. 各种有关的重量单位制: weight measurements. (e.g., 常衡制: standard weight measurement) --- 製 [zhì] (as a verb) 1. 同本义: to cut out garments. (e.g., 裁制: tailoring) 2. 制造，制作器物: to manufacture devices. (e.g., 制冷: refrigeration technology) 3. 撰写: to write. (e.g., 制文: to draft a document) 4. 用炮炒等法炼成中药: to prepare Chinese medicine through methods like roasting. (e.g., 制剂: to prepare medicine) --- 製 [zhì] (as a noun) 1. 作品，文章: writing; literary work. (e.g., 佳制: fine writing; 鸿篇巨制: grand literary work) 2. 式样: style. (e.g., 通儒服，汉王憎之，乃变其服，服短衣，楚制: The emperor had a particular disdain for traditional Han robes and thus changed to short robes of Chu style.)

君主制 jūn zhǔ zhì

monarchy

君主专制 jūn zhǔ zhuān zhì

autocratic monarchy / absolute monarchy

因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí

(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances

填制 tián zhì

filled in

制备 zhì bèi

to prepare / preparation (chemistry)

复制 fù zhì

to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone

以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí

to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

出奇制胜 chū qí zhì shèng

to win by a surprise move

奴隶制 nú lì zhì

slavery

农奴制 nóng nú zhì

serfdom / serf system

奴隶制度 nú lì zhì dù

slavery

奶制品 nǎi zhì pǐn

dairy product

一夫一妻制 yī fū yī qī zhì

monogamy / monogyny

一夫多妻制 yī fū duō qī zhì

polygamy / polygyny / plural marriage

姿态控制 zī tài kòng zhì

attitude control / posture control

印制 yìn zhì

to print / to produce (a publication)

制造厂 zhì zào chǎng

manufacturing plant / factory

制片厂 zhì piàn chǎng

film studio

压制 yā zhì

to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle

募兵制 mù bīng zhì

mercenary system

制宪 zhì xiàn

draw up a constitution

制导 zhì dǎo

to control (the course of sth) / to guide (a missile)

币制 bì zhì

currency system

帝制 dì zhì

autocratic monarchy / imperial regime

制式 zhì shì

standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)

强制 qiáng zhì

to enforce / enforcement / forcibly / compulsory

录制 lù zhì

to record (video or audio)

形制 xíng zhì

form / shape / structure / design

御制 yù zhì

made by the emperor order

制剂 zhì jì

(chemical or pharmaceutical) preparation

创制 chuàng zhì

to create / to inaugurate / to contrive / to build (a mechanism)

制定 zhì dìng

to draw up / to formulate

制造 zhì zào

to manufacture / to make

控制 kòng zhì

control / to exercise control over / to contain

限制 xiàn zhì

to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL:個|个[ge4]

研制 yán zhì

to manufacture / to develop

编制 biān zhì

to establish (a unit or department) / staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)

机制 jī zhì

mechanism

制成 zhì chéng

to manufacture / to turn out (a product)

负责制 fù zé zhì

responsibility system

法制 fǎ zhì

legal system and institutions

制约 zhì yuē

to restrict / condition

抑制 yì zhì

to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress

制品 zhì pǐn

products / goods

建制 jiàn zhì

organizational structure

制订 zhì dìng

to work out / to formulate

扼制 è zhì

to control / to restrain

抑制性 yì zhì xìng

rejection capability

抑制型 yì zhì xíng

a restrainable type

抑制器 yì zhì qì

suppressor / suppresser / eliminator

抵制 dǐ zhì

to resist / to boycott / to refuse (to cooperate) / to reject / resistance / refusal

拟制 nǐ zhì

to copy (a model)

挟制 xié zhì

forced submission / to exploit advantage to force sb to do one's bidding

控制系统 kòng zhì xì tǒng

control system

控制器 kòng zhì qì

controller / control / director / CU

控制权 kòng zhì quán

control (e.g. to win control) / controlling right

控制论 kòng zhì lùn

control theory (math.) / cybernetics

控制线 kòng zhì xiàn

control line

制冷 zhì lěng

refrigeration

摄制 shè zhì

to produce (a TV show etc)

摄制组 shè zhì zǔ

camera crew

改制 gǎi zhì

to reorganize / to restructure

旧制 jiù zhì

old system / weights and measures of former times

昆明制药 kūn míng zhì yào

Kunming Pharmaceutical

制服 zhì fú

to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]

克制 kè zhì

to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control

制度 zhì dù

system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4]

制止 zhì zhǐ

to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit

制氢 zhì qīng

hydrogen production / hydrogen manufacturing

淘汰制 táo tài zhì

knock-out system / elimination system

淘汰赛制 táo tài sài zhì

Knockout system

制浆 zhì jiāng

pulping / slurrying

经济体制 jīng jì tǐ zhì

economic system

烹制 pēng zhì

cook

粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào

to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work

炒制 chǎo zhì

stir-frying

炼制 liàn zhì

(chemistry) to refine

租佃制 zū diàn zhì

Tenancy System

体制 tǐ zhì

system / organization

制作 zhì zuò

to make / to manufacture

股份制 gǔ fèn zhì

stockholding system / shareholding system / joint-stock system

仿制 fǎng zhì

to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model

仿制品 fǎng zhì pǐn

counterfeit object / fake

烤制 kǎo zhì

bake

烧制 shāo zhì

to fire (in a kiln)

熏制 xūn zhì

to smoke / to cure over a fire

牵制 qiān zhì

to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)

制盐 zhì yán

salt manufacturing

制砖机 zhì zhuān jī

brick press / brick mo(u)lding machine / brick making machine

磨制 mó zhì

Grind

箝制 qián zhì

strangulation

社会制度 shè huì zhì dù

social system / social institution

禅让制 shàn ràng zhì

Meditation

私有制 sī yǒu zhì

private ownership of property

乳制品 rǔ zhì pǐn

dairy products

税制 shuì zhì

tax system

规章制度 guī zhāng zhì dù

regulatory framework / rules and regulations

管制 guǎn zhì

control / supervision

制糖 zhì táng

sugaring / refine sugar

绘制 huì zhì

to draw / to draft