戒 (gaai3) — religious discipline; commandment in Cantonese
gaai˗₃戒
Mandarin Pinyin: jie4
Meaning of 戒
nounreligious discipline; commandment
noun(finger) ring
nounguard against; caution; avoid
nounabstain from; give up; quit
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Example Sentences with 戒
ngoˏ₅我zeoi˗₃最ganˍ₆近gaai˗₃戒zoˊ²咗jin1,煙，kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hongˉ¹康aaˉ¹吖maaˏ₅嘛!
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
soengˊ²想gaai˗₃戒batˉ¹不loengˎ₄良jamˊ²飲matˍ₆食zaapˍ₆習sukˍ₆慣
Want to quit bad eating habits.
keoiˏ₅佢gaai˗₃戒dukˎ₄毒singˎ₄成gungˉ¹功
He successfully quit drugs.
bongˉ¹幫keoiˏ₅佢gaai˗₃戒dukˎ₄毒
Help him quit drugs.
keoiˏ₅佢soengˊ²想gaai˗₃戒dukˎ₄毒
He wants to quit drugs.
Words Containing 戒
戒律gaai3 leot6
commandment
破戒po3 gaai3
to break one's vow of abstinence; to make an exception
警戒線ging2 gaai3 sin3
a cordon; a picket line
戒備森嚴gaai3 bei6 sam1 jim4
heavily-guarded
警戒ging2 gaai3
to warn; to be alert
戒嚴gaai3 jim4
to enforce a restriction; to rope off an area; to impose a curfew; to impose martial law
八戒baat3 gaai3
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
戒備gaai3 bei6
guard; take precautions; watch out for
勸戒hyun3 gaai3
dissuasion (persuasion not to do something)
酒精戒斷症候群zau2 zing1 gaai3 dyun6 zing3 hau6 kwan4
alcohol withdrawl syndrome
受戒sau6 gaai3
receiving precepts, accepting the rules, ordination (be initiated into monkhood
戒嚴令gaai3 jim4 ling6
martial law; military rule
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