慎入

shènrù

verb

Meanings

1 enter with caution
2 not for the faint-hearted

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

前方路滑，游客慎入。

Qiánfāng lù huá, yóukè shènrù.

The path ahead is slippery. Visitors, enter with caution.

HSK 7-9

这部电影血腥镜头很多，胆小的人慎入。

Zhè bù diànyǐng xuèxīng jìngtóu hěnduō, dǎnxiǎo de rén shènrù.

This film has a lot of gory scenes, so the faint-hearted should beware.

Tips

usage

Originally a word for signs at dangerous spots. Online it became a warning label on posts, reviews and fan fiction: 慎入 at the end of a title means 'you have been warned'. Parallel forms: 慎看 'watch with caution', 慎点 'click with caution', 慎买 'think twice before buying'.

memory

慎 'careful', as in 谨慎, + 入 'to enter': literally 'enter carefully'.

Stroke Order

慎 shèn

入 rù