jìn jì

HSK 7–9

禁忌 (jìn jì) is a Chinese word meaning “taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from”.

Meanings

  1. 1taboo
  2. 2contraindication (medicine)
  3. 3to abstain from
Part of speech
noun, verb

Characters in 禁忌

禁jīn · to endure忌jì · to be jealous of

Related words

禁止to prohibit威士忌whiskey (loanword)禁to endure禁to prohibit监禁to imprison囚禁to imprison妒忌to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)情不自禁(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but宵禁night curfew禁令prohibition不禁can't help (doing sth)关禁闭to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)

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