Chinese symbol for “prevent”
阻止
zǔ zhǐ
to prevent; to block
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prevent is 阻止 (zǔ zhǐ), defined as: to prevent; to block.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prevent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 预防 (預防) | yù fáng | to prevent; to take precautions against |
| 免除 | miǎn chú | to prevent; to avoid |
| 防堵 | fáng dǔ | to prevent; to combat |
| 避免 | bì miǎn | to avert; to prevent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阻止.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct; to hinder |
| 阻挡 (阻擋) | zǔ dǎng | to stop; to resist |
| 阻力 | zǔ lì | resistance; drag |
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 受阻 | shòu zǔ | to be obstructed; to be hindered |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prevent”.
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.