禁止 jìnzhǐ▶ prohibir

Stroke order

禁止 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 禁 — 13 strokes
• 止 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. to prohibit
2. to forbid
3. to ban

Example sentences

• 图书馆里禁止大声说话。Túshūguǎn lǐ jìnzhǐ dàshēng shuōhuà.Speaking loudly is prohibited in the library.
• 这个公园禁止游泳。Zhège gōngyuán jìnzhǐ yóuyǒng.Swimming is prohibited in this park.

Related words

• 阻止prevenir
• 不止más que
• 不禁No poder evitar
• 严禁Prohibir estrictamente
• 制止Basta
• 截止debido

禁止 is pronounced jìnzhǐ and means “prohibir”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 禁止 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.