控制力 (kòng zhì lì) — control; the power or ability to control someth… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

controlthe power or ability to control something

Examples

控制力。
Tā duì zhěng gè jú miàn de kòng zhì lì fēi cháng qiáng.
He has very strong control over the entire situation.
控制力。
Gōng sī bì xū jiā qiáng cái wù kòng zhì lì.
The company must strengthen its financial control.
控制力。
Zhè zhǒng xīn yào néng yǒu xiào tí gāo xuè yā de kòng zhì lì.
This new medication can effectively improve blood pressure control.

Origin

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.

控制control

控kòngcontrol制zhìcontrol

联合Coordinate

控制 describes control, and 力 is the power or ability to do it.

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.

扌空控

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

空

空kōng控kòng

Same sound today

The left part is 手 written as 扌, showing a hand; the right part 空 gives the sound.

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

朱朱zhūtree
刀刀dāoknife

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.

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