时限 (shí xiàn) — time limit | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

time limit

Measure word · 个

时限。
Zhè xiàng rèn wu de shí xiàn shì sān tiān.
The time limit for this task is three days.
时限。
Qǐng zài shí xiàn zhī nèi wán chéng bào gào.
Please complete the report within the time limit.
时限。
Tā men yán cháng le tóu biāo dì shí xiàn.
They extended the time limit for the bid.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

“时” means time, and “限” means limit, so it denotes a time limit.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun; day

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⻖Written in full as阜fùmound

Sound part声符shēngfú

艮

艮gèn限xiàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

限 pairs ⻖ (mound, written 阜) with 艮 as a sound part; the mound side gives the sense of a boundary or limit.

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