Chinese symbol for “restricted”
受约束
shòu yuē shù
Traditional: 受約束
restricted; constrained
The closest CC-CEDICT match for restricted is 受约束 (shòu yuē shù), defined as: restricted; constrained.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “restricted”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 束手束脚 (束手束腳) | shù shǒu shù jiǎo | (idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited |
| 迫于 (迫於) | pò yú | constrained; restricted |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受约束.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 结束 (結束) | jié shù | to end; to finish; to conclude |
See also: Japanese symbol for “restricted”.
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.