禁 jìn to restrict
to restrict; to prohibit; to forbid
怎么记住“禁”: 林 a wood + 示 show = to restrict. At the edge of a wood, the ranger puts up a board to show that the town wants to restrict dogs to the path.
部件结构
禁 = 林 a wood + 示 show
- 林 a wood
- 木 tree
- 木 tree
- 示 show
At the edge of a wood, the ranger puts up a board to show that the town wants to restrict dogs to the path.
用法
- Read jìn: to prohibit: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) forbid: 禁止吸烟 (jìnzhǐ xīyān) no smoking; 严禁 (yánjìn) strictly forbid.
- Alt reading jīn = to bear/hold back: 不禁 (bùjīn) can't help but, 情不自禁 (qíngbúzìjīn) unable to restrain oneself.
- So the reading flips the meaning: 禁止 (ban) vs 忍不住 sense of 禁不住 (jīnbuzhù, can't help it).
含“禁”的词语
例句
- 这里禁止出入。 Zhèli jìnzhǐ chūrù.Entry to this place is forbidden.