Chinese symbol for “forbid”
禁止
jìn zhǐ
to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forbid is 禁止 (jìn zhǐ), defined as: to prohibit; to forbid; to ban.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forbid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不准 | bù zhǔn | not to allow; to forbid |
| 禁 | jìn | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 煞住 | shā zhù | to brake; to stop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 禁止.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forbid”.
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.