禁止
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
禁止 (jìnzhǐ) · to forbid
禁止 (jìnzhǐ) means “to forbid; to ban; not allowed”. It is written with 2 characters: 禁 (to restrict) + 止 (to stop). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 禁止 is built
The characters
禁 jìn · to restrict
What 禁 is made of
- 林lín — forest
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 木mù — tree
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: 示 gives the meaning, 林 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
止 zhǐ · to stop
What 止 is made of
- 上shàng — above
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A foot (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里禁止停车。Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ tíngchē.Parking is prohibited here.
图书馆里禁止大声说话。Túshūguǎn lǐ jìnzhǐ dàshēng shuōhuà.Talking loudly is not allowed in the library.
Questions about 禁止
What does 禁止 mean?
禁止 (jìnzhǐ) means “to forbid; to ban; not allowed”.
How do you pronounce 禁止?
禁止 is pronounced jìnzhǐ.
Which HSK level is 禁止?
禁止 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 不禁bùjīncan't help (doing)
- 严禁yánjìnto strictly forbid
- 防止fángzhǐto prevent
- 停止tíngzhǐto stop
- 阻止zǔzhǐto stop
- 不止bùzhǐmore than
- 截止jiézhǐto end
- 迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐso far
- 制止zhìzhǐto stop
- 终止zhōngzhǐto stop
Learn 禁止 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.