粵

禁gam3忌gei6

gam3 gei6jìn jì

English

  1. taboo
  2. contraindication (medicine)
  3. to abstain from
  4. taboo

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺某啲文化裏面唔容許人做嘅嘢(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 它的確存在, 但是因為人們將它視為禁忌而不去談論它, 也就不需要多說什麼了。

    It exists, but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it, there's no need to have words for it.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 百無禁忌

    to be undeterred by taboo or superstition

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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