禁 jìn

1. jìn verb to prohibit; to forbid; to restrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 情不自禁 unable to restrain one's emotions (CCI p. 27; Guoyu '禁' v 1; Unihan '禁')
2. jìn verb to arrest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 拘押 (Guoyu '禁' v 2)
3. jìn noun a taboo
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 避讳 (Guoyu '禁' n 1)
4. jìn noun a law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 法律 (Guoyu '禁' n 2)
5. jìn noun an imperial residence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '禁' n 3)
6. jīn verb to undertake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '禁' jīn v)
7. jīn adverb able durable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 耐用 (Guoyu '禁' jīn adv)

Contained in

• 不禁 cannot help; cannot refrain from ; not only
• 情不自禁 unable to restrain one's emotions; cannot help oneself
• 禁渔(禁漁) ban on fishing
• 全面禁止 complete prohibition; total ban
• 禁不住 can't help it; can't bear it
• 违禁药品(違禁藥品) illegal medicines
• 喜不自禁 unable to contain one's joy
• 禁酒令 prohibition; ban on alcohol
• 禁脔(禁臠) exclusive property; forbidden domain
• 严禁(嚴禁) to strictly prohibit
• 空中禁区(空中禁區) restricted airspace
• 忍俊不禁 cannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
• 禁见(禁見) to deny a detainee visitation privileges
• 禁夜 curfew
• 性禁忌 sexual taboo
• 禁语(禁語) taboo word; unmentionable word
• 禁运(禁運) embargo; export ban (e.g. on weapons)
• 武器禁运(武器禁運) embargo on arms sale
• 监禁(監禁) to imprison; to jail; to take into custody ; to prohibit
• 禁品 contraband goods
• 禁忌 to abstain from ; a taboo ; contraindication
• 禁令 a prohibition; a ban
• 禁欲主义(禁慾主義) asceticism
• 法禁 a prohibition
• 禁祥去疑 prohibit divination and do away with [superstitious] doubts
• 宵禁 night curfew
• 禁演 to prohibit performance
• 禁足 to forbid somebody to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat
• 禁止外出 to forbid somebody to go out; to curfew; to ground (as disciplinary measure)
• 关禁闭(關禁閉) to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
• 检疫禁(檢疫禁) quarantine
• 禁断(禁斷) to abstain; to give up
• 羁禁(羈禁) to detain [a criminal]
• 私贩之禁(私販之禁) private sales prohibition
• 禁酒 prohibition; ban on alcohol; dry law
• 犯禁 to violate a ban
• 禁忌语(禁忌語) taboo language
• 屡禁不绝(屢禁不絕) to continue despite repeated prohibition
• 禁得起 can be restrained; can be tolerated
• 门禁(門禁) guarded entrance
• 软禁(軟禁) house arrest
• 开禁(開禁) to lift a ban; to lift a curfew
• 禁得住 can be restrained; can be tolerated
• 令行禁止 if he orders you go, he forbids you stop; to demand exact compliance with instructions
• 禁烟(禁煙) to ban smoking; to quit smoking; to prohibit cooking; prohibition on opium (especially in China from 1729)
• 拘禁 constraint; to detain; to take into custody

Also contained in

海禁 、 洋禁 、 鳌禁 、 禁卫军 、 紫禁城

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百〇五　志第五十三:　刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 76
• 卷十七 魏書十七 張樂于張徐傳 Volume 17: Book of Wei 17 - Biographies of Zhang, Yue, Yu, Zhang, and Xu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 56
• 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 46
• 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42
• 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 30
• 卷三十一 本紀第三十一 高宗八 Volume 31 Annals 31: Gaozong 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 29

Collocations

• 厉禁 (厲禁) 為之厲禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 10
• 刑禁 (刑禁) 刑禁暴 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 10
• 戒禁 (戒禁) 則掌其政教與其戒禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 6
• 禁暴 (禁暴) 禁暴 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 纠禁 (糾禁) 凡宮之糾禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
• 火禁 (火禁) 春秋以木鐸修火禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
• 守禁 (守禁) 物為之厲而為之守禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
• 舍禁 (捨禁) 五曰舍禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 2
• 禁杀戮 (禁殺戮) 禁殺戮 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 2
• 邦禁 (邦禁) 司寇掌邦禁 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 周官 Zhou Shu - Officers of Zhou — count: 2