禁止

jìnzhǐ

verb HSK 4 #2,613

Meanings

HSK 1

学校禁止学生用手机。

Xuéxiào jìnzhǐ xuéshēng yòng shǒujī.

The school forbids students from using phones.

HSK 4

这里禁止吸烟。

Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ xīyān.

Smoking is prohibited here.

HSK 4

禁止拍照！

Jìnzhǐ pāizhào!

Photography is forbidden!

grammar

禁止 is followed directly by a verb: 禁止吸烟, 禁止停车, 禁止进入. It is the standard word on prohibition signs in China.

culture

You see 禁止 everywhere in China: 禁止吸烟 (no smoking), 禁止停车 (no parking), 禁止拍照 (no photography), 禁止入内 (no entry).

禁 jìn

止 zhǐ