🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

禁止

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jìnzhǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forbid/fərˈbɪd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"学校禁止学生在课堂上使用手机。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To order someone not to do something; to prohibit.

    "The school forbids students from using their phones during class."
  2. 2

    To make something illegal or not allowed.

    "The law forbids smoking in public places."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'forbid' originates from the Old English 'forbidan', which is a combination of 'for-' meaning 'against' and 'bidan' meaning 'to wait'. The term has evolved through Middle English, maintaining its core meaning of prohibiting or preventing something.

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