限

xiàn · xian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to limit
  2. to restrict
  3. (bound form) limit
  4. bound

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2 examples
01

这(zhè)段(duàn)路(lù)限(xiàn)速(sù)每(měi)小(xiǎo)时(shí)六(liù)十(shí)公(gōng)里(lǐ)。

This section of road has a speed limit of sixty kilometers per hour.

02

博(bó)物(wù)馆(guǎn)限(xiàn)每(měi)天(tiān)参(cān)观(guān)人(rén)数(shù)不(bù)超(chāo)过(guò)五(wǔ)百(bǎi)人(rén)。

The museum limits the number of visitors to no more than five hundred per day.

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