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Jyutping hak1 zi6
Pinyin kè zhì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    to restrain; to exercise restraint
    (syn.) 左右, 羈束, 执掌, 主张, 限, 撙節, 操纵, 收敛, 禁锢, 积压, 束缚, 提控, 框, 制約, 摆布, 統治, 把持, 羁束, 統御, 執掌, 按捺, 約束, 驾驭, 抵制, 束縛, 操縱, 摆治, 束, 局限, 管束, 禁錮, 管制, 把控, 克制, 撙节, 君, 積壓, 掌握, 拨弄, 裁, 制约, 主張, 壓制, 遏抑, 擺治, 收斂, 节制, 限制, 撥弄, 把, 拘束, 约束, 限乏, 按, 抑制, 控制, 统御, 掌控, 统治, 控, 柄, 擺佈, 駕馭, 压制, 支配, 鎮, 镇, 節制, 操控, 主宰
  2. noun, literary
    to restrain selfish desires and wicked thoughts