自制力 (zì zhì lì) — self-control, self-discipline

Definition

noun

self-controlself-discipline

自制力，。
Tā hěn yǒu zì zhì lì, měi tiān zǎo qǐ duàn liàn.
He has strong self-control and gets up early every day to exercise.
自制力。
Tí gāo zì zhì lì xū yào bú duàn liàn xí.
Improving self-control requires constant practice.
自制力，。
Tā de zì zhì lì hěn hǎo, bù mǎi bù xū yào de dōng xī.
Her self-control is very good; she doesn't buy things she doesn't need.

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.

自制control oneself

动宾Verb + object

自 and 制 give 'control oneself', and 力 names a capacity or power.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

自 originally drew a nose. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write 自, so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

Appears in