HSK 6 · Society

严禁 yánjìn “to strictly prohibit” in Chinese

Traditional 嚴禁

What 严禁 means

  1. to strictly prohibit

How to say 严禁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale禁jìn4th tone, falling

严禁 in a sentence

  1. 严禁吸烟。

    Yánjìn xīyān.

    Smoking is strictly prohibited.

    Sentence #2027988 from Tatoeba

  2. 该国严禁进口稀有野生动物。

    Gāi guó yánjìn jìnkǒu xīyǒu yěshēng dòngwù.

    This country strictly prohibits the import of rare wild animals.

    Sentence #2027987 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 严禁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
The character 禁 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
禁jìnto prohibit
  • 林forest · línSound part
  • 示sign · shìMeaning part

示 hints at the meaning (sign); 林 (lín) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

How to write 严禁

严 7 strokes · 禁 13 strokes

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严禁 (yánjìn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 严禁 (yánjìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 严禁

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严寒yánhán · bitter cold尊严zūnyán · dignity

Words with 禁

禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit不禁bùjīn · can’t help (doing)

More words: Society & Law

选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect宣誓xuānshì · to take an oath许可xǔkě · to permit巡逻xúnluó · to patrol言论yánlùn · speech演习yǎnxí · military exercise谣言yáoyán · rumour压迫yāpò · to oppress

FAQs

严禁 (yánjìn) means “to strictly prohibit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánjìn: yán with a 2nd tone, then jìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 严禁 is written 嚴禁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 严禁 from the suggestions. Typing yanjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
严禁 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.