| 1 | 限制 | 限制 | xiàn zhì | xian4 zhi4 | to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 有限 | 有限 | yǒu xiàn | you3 xian4 | limited; finite | | |
| 3 | 界限 | 界限 | jiè xiàn | jie4 xian4 | boundary | | |
| 4 | 限度 | 限度 | xiàn dù | xian4 du4 | limitation; limit | | |
| 5 | 无限 | 無限 | wú xiàn | wu2 xian4 | unlimited; unbounded | | |
| 6 | 限于 | 限於 | xiàn yú | xian4 yu2 | to be limited to; to be confined to | | |
| 7 | 局限 | 侷限 | jú xiàn | ju2 xian4 | to limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries; variant of 局限 | | |
| 8 | 限 | 限 | xiàn | xian4 | limit; bound; to set a limit (on) | | |
| 9 | 期限 | 期限 | qī xiàn | qi1 xian4 | time limit; deadline; allotted time | | |
| 10 | 局限性 | 局限性 | jú xiàn xìng | ju2 xian4 xing4 | limitations; (medicine) localized | | |
| 11 | 权限 | 權限 | quán xiàn | quan2 xian4 | scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges | | |
| 12 | 年限 | 年限 | nián xiàn | nian2 xian4 | age limit; fixed number of years | | |
| 13 | 极限 | 極限 | jí xiàn | ji2 xian4 | limit; extreme boundary | | |
| 14 | 限期 | 限期 | xiàn qī | xian4 qi1 | to set a time limit; time limit; deadline | | |
| 15 | 限定 | 限定 | xiàn dìng | xian4 ding4 | to restrict to; to limit | | |
| 16 | 截止期限 | 截止期限 | jié zhǐ qī xiàn | jie2 zhi3 qi1 xian4 | deadline | | |
| 17 | 阈限 | 閾限 | yù xiàn | yu4 xian4 | (psychology) threshold; liminal | | |
| 18 | 超限战 | 超限戰 | chāo xiàn zhàn | chao1 xian4 zhan4 | unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc) | | |
| 19 | 贫限想 | 貧限想 | pín xiàn xiǎng | pin2 xian4 xiang3 | (Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination; (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy; the rich live in another world; (abbr. for 贫穷限制了我的想象力 ) | | |
| 20 | 扶优限劣 | 扶優限劣 | fú yōu xiàn liè | fu2 you1 xian4 lie4 | to support successful enterprises and restrict unsuccessful ones (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 最后期限 | 最後期限 | zuì hòu qī xiàn | zui4 hou4 qi1 xian4 | deadline; final time limit (for project) | | |
| 22 | 第一象限 | 第一象限 | dì yī xiàng xiàn | di4 yi1 xiang4 xian4 | first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive) | | |
| 23 | 底限 | 底限 | dǐ xiàn | di3 xian4 | lowest limit; bottom line | | |
| 24 | 大限临头 | 大限臨頭 | dà xiàn lín tóu | da4 xian4 lin2 tou2 | facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave | | |
| 25 | 不在此限 | 不在此限 | bù zài cǐ xiàn | bu4 zai4 ci3 xian4 | not subject to the limits or restrictions (idiom) | | |