禁止

Chinese

		to prohibit; to forbid; endure	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (禁止)		禁	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kim-chṳ́
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kìm-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jìnzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnjyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 禁指 禁止

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gam³ zi²
    • Yale: gam jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem³ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 禁指 禁止

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kim-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim⁴ zi³
    • IPA: /kim⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìm-chí
    • Tâi-lô: kìm-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiemcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim³ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kìm tsí
    • IPA ^(key): /kim²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

禁止

1. to prohibit; to forbid

   患病期間禁止行房。 [MSC, trad.]
   患病期间禁止行房。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huànbìng qījiān jìnzhǐ xíngfáng. [Pinyin]

   Refrain from intercourse during recovery.

Synonyms

• 遏止 (èzhǐ)
• 遏制 (èzhì)
• 禁絕／禁绝 (jìnjué)
• 禁制 (jìnzhì)
• 抑止 (yìzhǐ)
• 制止 (zhìzhǐ)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)

Derived terms

• 令行禁止

• 禁止吸煙／禁止吸烟 (jìnzhǐ xīyān)

References

• Duffus, William, “forbid” (p. 113) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
禁	止
きん Grade: 5	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) きんし [kìńshí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɕi]
• Homophone: 近視

Noun

禁止 (hiragana きんし, rōmaji kinshi)

1. prohibition

Verb

禁止する (transitive, hiragana きんしする, rōmaji kinshi suru)

1. to ban; to prohibit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "禁止する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	禁止し	きんしし	kinshi shi
Continuative (連用形)	禁止し	きんしし	kinshi shi
Terminal (終止形)	禁止する	きんしする	kinshi suru
Attributive (連体形)	禁止する	きんしする	kinshi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	禁止すれ	きんしすれ	kinshi sure
Imperative (命令形)	禁止せよ¹ 禁止しろ²	きんしせよ¹ きんししろ²	kinshi seyo¹ kinshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	禁止される	きんしされる	kinshi sareru
Causative	禁止させる 禁止さす	きんしさせる きんしさす	kinshi saseru kinshi sasu
Potential	禁止できる	きんしできる	kinshi dekiru
Volitional	禁止しよう	きんししよう	kinshi shiyō
Negative	禁止しない	きんししない	kinshi shinai
Negative continuative	禁止せず	きんしせず	kinshi sezu
Formal	禁止します	きんしします	kinshi shimasu
Perfective	禁止した	きんしした	kinshi shita
Conjunctive	禁止して	きんしして	kinshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	禁止すれば	きんしすれば	kinshi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
禁	止

Noun

禁止 • (geumji) (hangeul 금지)

1. Hanja form^? of 금지 (“prohibition”).