# 忌口 (jìkǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 忌口 (jìkǒu) means “to avoid certain foods; dietary restriction”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to avoid certain foods; dietary restriction
- Pinyin: jìkǒu (ji4 kou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 医生让他忌口一周。
  Yīshēng ràng tā jìkǒu yì zhōu.
  The doctor told him to avoid spicy food for a week.

## Characters

- [忌](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-avoid/) (jì): to avoid; to abstain from
- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-kou-avoid-certain-foods/

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