# 禁止 (jìnzhǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) means “to forbid; to prohibit”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to forbid; to prohibit
- Pinyin: jìnzhǐ (jin4 zhi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 医院里面严格禁止吸烟。
  Yīyuàn lǐmiàn yángé jìnzhǐ xīyān.
  Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the hospital.

## Characters

- 禁 (jìn): to prohibit; to forbid
- [止](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-stop/) (zhǐ): to stop; until

https://hanziro.com/word/jin-zhi-forbid/

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