忌 (jì)
to avoid / to abstain from / taboo
How 忌 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 己 — oneself
- Traditional
- 忌
- Simplified
- 忌 (unchanged)
Common words using 忌
- 禁忌 jìnjì
- taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from
- 切忌 qièjì
- to avoid as taboo; to avoid by all means
- 妒忌 dùjì
- jealous; jealousy
- 威士忌 wēishìjì
- whisky; whiskey
- 忌口 jìkǒu
- abstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods; be on a diet
- 忌妒 jìdu
- to be jealous of; to envy; jealousy
- 忌諱 jìhuì
- taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- 猜忌 cāijì
- to be suspicious and jealous of
- 童言無忌 tóngyánwújì
- children's words carry no harm (idiom)
- 肆無忌憚 sìwújìdàn
- absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
- 顧忌 gùjì
- to have misgivings; apprehension; worry
- 忌恨 jìhèn
- hate (due to envy etc)
忌 in a sentence
請問你有什麼飲食禁忌嗎？比如不吃牛肉？
Qǐngwèn nǐ yǒu shéme yǐnshí jìnjì ma? Bǐrú bù chī niúròumiàn?
“Do you have any dietary restrictions? For example, not eating beef?”
How common is 忌?
忌 is the 1,919th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.8% of all running text.
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