禁止

jìnzhǐ

to prohibit; to forbid; to ban

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 4

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禁
止

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禁
  • 不禁bùjīncan't help (doing sth)B6
  • 严禁yánjìnto strictly prohibitB6
  • 禁不住jīnbuzhùcan't help itB7
  • 禁忌jìnjìtabooB7
  • 禁区jìnqūrestricted areaB7
  • 情不自禁qíngbúzìjīn(idiom) cannot refrain fromB7
止
  • 停止tíngzhǐto stopB4
  • 防止fángzhǐto preventB5
  • 止zhǐto stopB5
  • 阻止zǔzhǐto preventB5
  • 不止bùzhǐincessantlyB6
  • 截止jiézhǐto endB6
  • 为止wéizhǐuntilB6

See it in sentences

这里禁止吸烟。

Smoking is prohibited here.

公园里禁止停车。

Parking is forbidden in the park.