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禁忌

禁忌

Chinese

		to prohibit; to forbid; endure	avoid as taboo; jealous
simp. and trad. (禁忌)		禁	忌

Noun

禁忌

Verb

禁忌

to abstain from

Derived terms

百無禁忌／百无禁忌
禁忌站臺／禁忌站台

配合禁忌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禁	忌
きん Grade: 5	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

禁忌 ‎(hiragana きんき, romaji kinki)

Related terms

(taboo): 禁止 (きんし) ‎(kinshi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jìnjì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ gei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kim-khi
Min Nan (POJ): kìm-khī / kìm-kī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìnjì → jìnji (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.jih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕin⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam³ gei⁶
  - Yale: gam geih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ gei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³ kei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kim-khi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim ki
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim⁴ ki⁴
  - IPA: /kim⁵⁵ kʰi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìm-khī
  - Tâi-lô: kìm-khī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiemqi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìm-kī
  - Tâi-lô: kìm-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiemki
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ ki²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim²¹⁻⁵³ ki²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim¹¹⁻⁵³ ki³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim²¹⁻⁴¹ ki³³/