Chinese symbol for “asceticism”
禁欲主义
jìn yù zhǔ yì
Traditional: 禁慾主義
asceticism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for asceticism is 禁欲主义 (jìn yù zhǔ yì), defined as: asceticism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “asceticism”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁欲 (禁慾) | jìn yù | to suppress desire; self-restraint |
| 戒行 | jiè xíng | (Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts; asceticism |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 禁欲主义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
| 监禁 (監禁) | jiān jìn | to imprison; to jail |
| 禁令 | jìn lìng | prohibition; ban |
| 禁忌 | jìn jì | taboo; contraindication (medicine) |
| 囚禁 | qiú jìn | to imprison; captivity |
| 欲望 (慾望) | yù wàng | desire; longing; appetite; craving |
| 性欲 (性慾) | xìng yù | sexual desire; lust |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “asceticism”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.