禁 jìn jīn

  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)

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  • 禁绝(禁絕) to prohibit / proscribe
  • 宵禁 night curfew
  • 禁止 to prohibit ; to limit to a specific place
  • 不禁 cannot help / cannot refrain from ; not only
  • 严禁(嚴禁) to strictly prohibit
  • 禁区(禁區) a restricted area
  • 禁欲(禁慾) ascetic practice
  • 囚禁 to imprison
  • 禁戒 to take precautions / to guard against ; a vow
  • 禁锢(禁錮) to confine / to imprison ; a prohibition / shackles / fetters
  • 禁令 a prohibition / a ban
  • 禁忌 to abstain from ; a taboo ; contraindication
  • 禁制 to prohibit / to proscribe
  • 情不自禁 unable to restrain one's emotions / cannot help oneself
  • 禁语(禁語) taboo (word) / unmentionable word
  • 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
  • 禁书(禁書) banned book
  • 开禁(開禁) to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
  • 监禁(監禁) to imprison / to jail / to take into custody
  • 禁食 to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
  • 幽禁 to imprison / to place under house arrest
  • 禁断(禁斷) to abstain / to give up
  • 拘禁 constraint / to detain / to take into custody
  • 软禁(軟禁) house arrest
  • 违禁(違禁) to violate a prohibition or ban / prohibited / illicit
  • 报禁(報禁) restrictions on the publication of newspapers / press restrictions
  • 禁烟(禁煙) to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (especially in China from 1729)
  • 终身监禁(終身監禁) life sentence
  • 禁酒 prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
  • 解禁 to lift a prohibition
  • 禁用 to prohibit the use of something / prohibition on use
  • 禁止外出 to forbid somebody to go out / to curfew / to ground (as disciplinary measure)
  • 全面禁止 complete prohibition / total ban
  • 禁品 contraband goods
  • 禁地 forbidden area / restricted area / considered off-limits
  • 禁伐 a ban on logging
  • 禁军(禁軍) imperial guard

Also contained in

紫禁城 、 禁卫军 、 戒禁取见 、 海禁 、 洋禁 、 戒禁等取见 、 戒禁取 、 秽迹金刚禁百变法经 、 佛说迦叶禁戒经 、 迦叶禁戒经 、 九旬禁足 、 四重禁 、 四重禁戒 、 禁咒

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