HSK · Level 59
105 words
Chinese word
支配
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhī pèi
Meaning
- verbcontrol
Example
不要让恐惧支配你。bú yào ràng kǒng jù zhī pèi nǐ
Don't let fear control you.
More examples
少数公司支配着全球高端手机市场。shǎo shù gōng sī zhī pèi zhe quán qiú gāo duān shǒu jī shì chǎng
A few companies control the global high-end smartphone market.
Core concept
Places a force above competing choices and lets it determine what a person or group does.
Common phrases
支配市场zhī pèi shì chǎng
control the market
被支配bèi zhī pèi
be controlled
支配局面zhī pèi jú miàn
control the situation
Similar words
控制kòng zhì: Directing the course of something or the actions of people through force or deliberate methods.
影响yíng xiǎng: Producing a change in another thing's state or outcome.
操纵cāo zòng: Skillfully directing people or affairs to follow one's intended course.
统治tǒng zhì: Managing and ruling people or a place by political authority.
Definition in Chinese
使情绪、习惯或观念在行为上占主导，使人按这些因素行事。shǐ qíng xù xí guàn huò guān niàn zài xíng wèi shàng zhàn zhú dǎo shǐ rén àn zhè xiē yīn sù xíng shì
Word origin
The compound 支配 (zhīpèi, "to direct and control") joins 支 (zhī, "to prop up or branch") with 配 (pèi, "to assign or arrange"), linking the arrangement of parts with the direction of the whole.
Usage tips
- Unlike a command that acts at one moment, this verb commonly presents a continuing condition in which conduct follows a ruling force, so it fits descriptions of habits, personality, and social power.
Other meanings
- dominationnoun
- influenceverb
Opposites
- 解放jiě fàngliberateverb
- 服从fú cóngobeyverb
Related words
- 支配者zhī pèi zhěrulernoun
- 支配权zhī pèi quáncontrolnoun
- 支配力zhī pèi lìcontrolling powernoun