禁食 (jìnshí): to fast; to abstain from eating

Meanings

1 to fast; to abstain from eating
2 to prohibit the eating of (certain foods)

Characters

禁

jìn

to forbid; to prohibit; to abstain

食

shí

food; to eat

Examples

手术前需要禁食六小时。

Shǒushù qián xūyào jìnshí liù xiǎoshí.

You need to fast for six hours before surgery.

穆斯林在斋月期间白天禁食。

Mùsīlín zài Zhāiyuè qījiān báitiān jìnshí.

Muslims fast during the day during Ramadan.

Tips

usage

禁食 can mean either voluntarily fasting (for religious or medical reasons) or a prohibition on eating certain things. Context clarifies which sense is meant.

Stroke Order

禁 jìn

食 shí

Related Words

禁 jìn #4,360

to prohibit / to forbid / to endure

禁止 jìnzhǐ HSK 4 #2,613

to prohibit / to forbid / to ban

进食 jìnshí #9,053

to eat; to take food / to feed (medical/formal context)

监禁 jiānjìn #4,939

to imprison / to jail / imprisonment

禁闭 jìnbì #8,393

confinement; solitary confinement / detention (as military punishment)

绝食 juéshí #20,525

to go on a hunger strike / to fast as protest / to abstain from food

食品 shípǐn HSK 3 #3,202

food / foodstuff / food product

食 shí #2,444

food; provisions / to eat (literary) / eclipse (as in 日食)

食物 shíwù HSK 2 #1,141

food

禁烟 jìnyān #25,784

to ban smoking / to prohibit opium / no-smoking (policy)