禁止 (jìn zhǐ) means “to prohibit; to forbid; to ban”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
这里禁止吸烟。
Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ xīyān.
Smoking is prohibited here.
Updated: 2026-05-27