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禁忌

jìn jì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

禁忌 (jìn jì) means "taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 禁忌 means

1. taboo
2. contraindication (medicine)
3. to abstain from

The characters in 禁忌

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread

Example sentences

• 它的确存在, 但是因为人们将它视为禁忌而不去谈论它, 也就不需要多说什么了。
  Tā díquè cúnzài, dànshì yīnwèi rénmen jiāng tā shìwéi jìnjì ér bù qù tánlùn tā, yě jiù bù xūyào duō shuō shénme le.
  It exists, but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it, there's no need to have words for it.

Words starting with 禁忌

• 禁忌语jìn jì yǔtaboo language

Words containing 禁忌

• 性禁忌xìng jìn jìsexual taboo
• 百无禁忌bǎi wú jìn jìall taboos are off (idiom); anything goes; nothing is taboo

Sounds the same

Read jìn jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 浸剂infusion (pharm.)

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