戒 (gaai3 | jie4) : guard against; abstain from; commandment

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戒

gaai3

jie4

[1] [v] guard against; caution; avoid [2] [v] abstain from; give up; quit [3] [n] religious discipline; commandment [4] [n] (finger) ring

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 戈 (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

戒

Don't confuse with:
戎

This word has been viewed 8206 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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戒嚴 gaai3 jim4 jie4 yan2 = to impose martial law; to impose a curfew

警戒 ging2 gaai3 jing3 jie4 = to warn; to be alert

戒指 gaai3 zi2 jie4 zhi5 = (finger) ring

勸戒 hyun3 gaai3 = dissuasion (persuasion not to do something)

戒備 gaai3 bei6 = guard; take precautions; watch out for

戒賭 gaai3 dou2 = wean/warn away from gambling

戒奶 gaai3 naai5 = ablactation, cease lactactation, wean child off breast

戒甩 gaai3 lat1 = to stop or give up successfully (a vice or habit)

戒食 gaai3 sik6 jie4 shi2 = to limit one's diet for health reasons

戒得甩 gaai3 dak1 lat1 = to stop or give up successfully (a vice or habit)

戒口 gaai3 hau2 = to not eat something for health reasons

戒嚴令 gaai3 jim4 ling6 jie4 yan2 ling4 = martial law; military rule

戒煙 gaai3 jin1 jie4 yan1 = to give up smoking

戒律 gaai3 leot6 jie4 lv4 = commandment

戒備森嚴 gaai3 bei6 sam1 jim4 jie4 bei4 sen1 yan2 = heavily-guarded

懲戒 cing4 gaai3 cheng2 jie4 = to discipline; reprimand

警戒線 ging2 gaai3 sin3 = a cordon; a picket line (common formation)

受戒 sau6 gaai3 shou4 jie4 = receiving precepts, ordination

破戒 po3 gaai3 po4 jie4 = to break a religious precept

警戒狀態 ging2 gaai3 zong6 taai3 jing3 jie4 zhuang4 tai4 = a state of alert

戒酒 gaai3 zau2 jie4 jiu3 = abstain from alcoholic drink

戒糖 gaai3 tong4 jie4 tang2 = cut out sugar

戒心 gaai3 sam1 jie4 xin1 = be weary of; cautious; vigilant; keep one's guard up; distrustful; leery

以此為戒 ji5 ci2 wai4 gaai3 yi3 ci3 wei2 jie4 = as a warning to; as a lesson; take this as a warning

酒精戒斷症候群 zau2 zing1 gaai3 dyun6 zing3 hau6 kwan4 jiu3 jing1 jie4 duan4 zheng4 hou4 qun2 = alcohol withdrawl syndrome

戒毒 gaai3 duk6 jie4 du2 = quit drugs; drug rehabilitation

戒毒中心 gaai3 duk6 zung1 sam1 jie4 du2 zhong1 xin1 = drug rehabilitation centre

八戒 baat3 gaai3 ba1 jie4 = the eight precepts (Buddhism)

Showing 1 example containing 戒

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 戒
Unicode code for this character: U+6212 (off-site link)

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