節制

See also: 节制

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiézhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiet-chṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-chè / chiat-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiézhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chih⁴
    • Yale: jyé-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyh
    • Palladius: цзечжи (czečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ zai³
    • Yale: jit jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: jied^ˋ zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiad⁵ zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯et̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chè
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatzex
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatcix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si²¹/

Verb

節制

1. to check; to moderate; to control; to limit; to abstain

   他喝酒有節制，不盡量。 [MSC, trad.]
   他喝酒有节制，不尽量。 [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)

   • 大司馬一人，居中，節制諸軍。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     大司马一人，居中，节制诸军。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du You, Tongdian, 766 – 801 CE

     Dàsīmǎ yīrén, jūzhōng, jiézhì zhū jūn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (check):

(deprecated template usage)

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• 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
• 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
• 克制 (kèzhì)
• 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
• 制禦／制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
• 制約／制约 (zhìyuē)
• 君 (jūn) (literary)
• 執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
• 壓制／压制 (yāzhì)
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 局限 (júxiàn)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 把
• 抑制 (yìzhì)
• 把持 (bǎchí)
• 把控 (bǎkòng)
• 把攬／把揽 (bǎlǎn)
• 抵制 (dǐzhì)
• 拘束 (jūshù)
• 按 (àn)
• 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
• 控 (literary, or in compounds)
• 控制 (kòngzhì)
• 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)
• 操控 (cāokòng)
• 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
• 擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
• 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 支配 (zhīpèi)
• 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn)
• 束 (literary, or in compounds)
• 束縛／束缚 (shùfù)
• 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 框 (kuàng)
• 禁錮／禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
• 積壓／积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
• 節撙／节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 管束 (guǎnshù)
• 約束／约束 (yuēshù)
• 統御／统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
• 統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)
• 羈束／羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
• 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
• 鎮／镇 (zhèn)
• 限 (xiàn)
• 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 駕／驾 (jià)
• 駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 節制

1. restraint; self-control; abstinence

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
節	制
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
節制 (kyūjitai)

Noun

節(せっ)制(せい) • (sessei) 

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

Coordinate terms

• (virtue): 純潔(じゅんけつ) (junketsu, “chastity”), 慈善(じぜん) (jizen, “charity”), 精励(せいれい) (seirei, “diligence”), 忍耐(にんたい) (nintai, “patience”), 親切(しんせつ) (shinsetsu, “kindness”), 謙遜(けんそん) (kenson, “humility”)

Synonyms

• 適度(てきど) (tekido): moderation
• 節酒(せっしゅ) (sesshu): sobriety
• 禁酒(きんしゅ) (kinshu): prohibition, abstinence from alcohol; temperance
• 摂生(せっせい) (sessei): moderation in one's diet

Antonyms

• 暴食(ぼうしょく) (bōshoku): gluttony

Verb

節(せっ)制(せい)する • (sessei suru) suru (stem 節(せっ)制(せい)し (sessei shi), past 節(せっ)制(せい)した (sessei shita))

1. be moderate, be temperate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "節制する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	節制し	せっせいし	sessei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	節制し	せっせいし	sessei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	節制する	せっせいする	sessei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	節制する	せっせいする	sessei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	節制すれ	せっせいすれ	sessei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	節制せよ¹ 節制しろ²	せっせいせよ¹ せっせいしろ²	sessei seyo¹ sessei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	節制される	せっせいされる	sessei sareru
Causative	節制させる 節制さす	せっせいさせる せっせいさす	sessei saseru sessei sasu
Potential	節制できる	せっせいできる	sessei dekiru
Volitional	節制しよう	せっせいしよう	sessei shiyō
Negative	節制しない	せっせいしない	sessei shinai
Negative continuative	節制せず	せっせいせず	sessei sezu
Formal	節制します	せっせいします	sessei shimasu
Perfective	節制した	せっせいした	sessei shita
Conjunctive	節制して	せっせいして	sessei shite
Hypothetical conditional	節制すれば	せっせいすれば	sessei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 節制 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Temperance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Korean

Hanja in this term
節	制

Noun

節制 • (jeji) (hangeul 제지)

1. hanja form^? of 제지 (“restraint, control, check”)