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禁止

jìn zhǐ · jin zhi

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Meaning

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  1. to prohibit
  2. to forbid
  3. to ban
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The sign on the lawn

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，牌子(páizi)上(shàng)写(xiě)着(zhe)：禁止(jìnzhǐ)踩(cǎi)草地(cǎodì)。

    Look, the sign says: no stepping on the lawn.

  2. Dengdeng

    禁止(jìnzhǐ)？可是(kěshì)草地(cǎodì)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一条(yītiáo)小路(xiǎolù)。

    Forbidden? But there is a small path in the grass.

  3. Liangliang

    那条(nàtiáo)小路(xiǎolù)就是(jiùshì)被(bèi)人们(rénmen)踩(cǎi)出来(chūlái)的(de)。

    That path was made by people stepping on it.

  4. Dengdeng

    所以(suǒyǐ)牌子(páizi)禁止(jìnzhǐ)的(de)是(shì)这条(zhètiáo)小路(xiǎolù)吗(ma)？

    So is it the path that the sign forbids?

  5. Liangliang

    也许(yěxǔ)它(tā)禁止(jìnzhǐ)的(de)是(shì)我们(wǒmen)，快(kuài)走(zǒu)吧(ba)！

    Maybe it forbids us. Let us go quickly!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)应(yīng)该(gāi)禁(jìn)止(zhǐ)针(zhēn)对(duì)儿(ér)童(tóng)的(de)广(guǎng)告(gào)。

We should ban advertising aimed towards children.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by Spamster · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)里(lǐ)禁(jìn)止(zhǐ)吸(xī)烟(yān)，请(qǐng)到(dào)外(wài)面(miàn)去(qù)。

Smoking is forbidden here; please go outside.

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