Chinese word

收敛

Pronunciation

Pinyinshōu liǎn

Meaning

  • verbcontrol

Example

你应该收敛一下你的脾气。nǐ yīng gāi shōu liǎn yí xià nǐ de pí qì

You should control your temper a little.

Illustration for 收敛 (control)

More examples

随着迭代次数增多，误差逐渐收敛到零。suí zhe dié dài cì shù zēng duō wù chā zhú jiàn shōu liǎn dào líng

As the number of iterations increases, the error gradually converges to zero.

Core concept

Pulls outward behavior, feeling, or change back toward restraint and a stable limit.

Common phrases

  • 收敛到稳定值shōu liǎn dào wěn dìng zhí

    converge to a stable value

  • 收敛于极限shōu liǎn yú jí xiàn

    converge to a limit

  • 收敛过程shōu liǎn guò chéng

    convergence process

Similar words

克制kè zhì: Deliberately restraining personal desires or emotions through self-control.
抑制yì zhì: Reducing the strength or spread of a feeling, force, or developing change.
控制kòng zhì: Keeping a person, thing, movement, or level within limits by using control or force.
收起shōu qǐ: Putting away an outward expression or attitude and no longer displaying it.

Definition in Chinese

使言行、情绪或外在表现变得克制、含蓄，不再过分张扬；也常用于描述趋势或变化逐渐稳定或收窄。shǐ yán xíng qíng xù huò wài zài biǎo xiàn biàn de kè zhì hán xù bú zài guò fèn zhāng yáng yě cháng yòng yú miáo shù qū shì huò biàn huà zhú jiàn wěn dìng huò shōu zhǎi

Word origin

收 (shōu, "gather in") + 敛 (liǎn, "draw in") combines the idea of bringing what spreads outward back inside, which extends from self-restraint to convergence.

Usage tips

  • When aimed at a person, the word usually suggests excessive behavior, so a softened phrasing is more tactful than a bare command.

Other meanings

  • convergeverb

Opposites

  • 发散fā sàndivergeverb

Related words

  • 收敛速度shōu liǎn sù dùconvergence ratenoun
  • 收敛点shōu liǎn diǎnconvergence pointnoun

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