限制性

xiànzhìxìng

adjective #36,204

Meanings

1 restrictive
2 limiting
3 (in linguistics) restrictive (modifier, clause)

Characters

to control, restrict

Examples

这是一个限制性条款。

Zhè shì yí gè xiànzhìxìng tiáokuǎn.

This is a restrictive clause (in a contract).

限制性饮食对健康不一定好。

Xiànzhìxìng yǐnshí duì jiànkāng bù yídìng hǎo.

A restrictive diet is not necessarily good for your health.

Tips

grammar

限制 ('to restrict') + the suffix 性 ('-ity, -ness, characteristic') turns a verb into an adjective meaning 'having the property of restricting'. Common in legal, scientific and linguistic terminology: 限制性股票 (restricted stock), 限制性内切酶 (restriction enzyme).

Stroke Order

限 xiàn

制 zhì

性 xìng