Chinese symbol for “maximum”
大限
dà xiàn
the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maximum is 大限 (dà xiàn), defined as: the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “maximum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 极大 (極大) | jí dà | enormous; great; (math.) maximum |
| 最多 | zuì duō | at most; maximum |
| 顶格 (頂格) | dǐng gé | (typesetting) to not indent; to set text flush with the left (or top) margin; (attributive) (esp. of a penalty) maximum; at the maximum permitted level |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大限.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
| 有限公司 | yǒu xiàn gōng sī | limited company; corporation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maximum”.
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.