Chinese symbol for “limited”
有限
yǒu xiàn
limited; finite
The closest CC-CEDICT match for limited is 有限 (yǒu xiàn), defined as: limited; finite.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “limited”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半桶水 | bàn tǒng shuǐ | (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial |
| 贫乏 (貧乏) | pín fá | impoverished; lacking |
| 狭隘 (狹隘) | xiá ài | (of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped |
| 辁 (輇) | quán | limited (of talent or ability); (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) |
| 有穷 (有窮) | yǒu qióng | exhaustible; limited |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有限.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
| 有限公司 | yǒu xiàn gōng sī | limited company; corporation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “limited”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.