禁 (gam3) — restrain or contain oneself in Cantonese
gam˗₃禁
Mandarin Pinyin: jin4
Meaning of 禁
nounrestrain or contain oneself
nounroyal residence; forbidden area
nounprohibit; forbid; ban
nounimprison; confine; detain
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Example Sentences with 禁
車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you!
gam˗₃禁keoiˉ¹區cinˎ₄前jauˏ₅有lokˍ₆落。
(Please) let me off before the no standing zone.
janˎ₄人zi˗₃質cauˎ₄囚gam˗₃禁zoˊ²咗jiˍ₆二sapˍ₆十jatˍ₆日hauˍ₆後wokˍ₆獲sikˉ¹釋。
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
heoi˗₃去ziˊ²紫gamˉ¹禁singˎ₄城waanˊ²玩
Go play at the Forbidden City.
Words Containing 禁
全面禁止cyun4 min6 gam3 zi2
complete prohibition; total ban
拘禁keoi1 gam3
constraint, restrain
幽禁jau1 gam3
to be put under house arrest
禁煙區gam3 jin1 keoi1
non-smoking area [Syn.] 非吸煙區 , 非煙區
禁品gam3 ban2
contraband goods (lit., "prohibited items")
禁書gam3 syu1
banned books
禁例gam3 lai6
prohibitions
禁計kam1 gai3
hard to calculate (big numbers etc.)
解禁gaai2 gam3
to lift a ban
弱不禁風joek6 bat1 kam1 fung1
a physically weak person
禁果gam3 gwo2
forbidden fruit (used as a metaphor for "forbidden" pleasures and vices)
囚禁cau4 gam3
captivity; imprison
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