# 禁区 (jìnqū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 禁区 (jìnqū) means “restricted area; forbidden zone; penalty area”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: restricted area; forbidden zone; penalty area
- Pinyin: jìnqū (jin4 qu1)
- Traditional: 禁區
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 前方是军事禁区，请勿进入。
  Qiánfāng shì jūnshì jìnqū, qǐng wù jìnrù.
  Ahead is a military restricted area; do not enter.

## Characters

- 禁 (jìn): to prohibit; to forbid
- [区](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-district/) (qū): district; area

https://hanziro.com/word/jin-qu-restricted-area/

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