HSK 5 · verb · Practice

控制

kòngzhì

to control; to dominate; to command; to restrain

要控制玩手机的时间。

Yào kòngzhì wán shǒujī de shíjiān.

Control the time you spend on your phone.

这种病很难根治,只能慢慢控制。

Zhè zhǒng bìng hěn nán gēnzhì, zhǐ néng màn màn kòngzhì。

This illness is hard to cure completely; it can only be controlled gradually.

他竭力控制自己的情绪。

Tā jiélì kòngzhì zìjǐ de qíngxù。

He tried his utmost to control his emotions.