禁足
gam3 zuk1jìn zú
English
- to forbid sb to go out
- to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc)
- to ground (as disciplinary measure)
- to gate
- to curfew
- restriction on movement
- ban on visiting a place
- out of bounds
- off limits
- caveat
- to ground someone, to forbid someone leaving a specific area
粵語 — Cantonese
- 限制行動,唔准離開某個範圍
Examples
你下次再這樣頂嘴,我就禁足你,小姐。
Next time you talk back to me like that, I'm grounding you on the spot, young lady.
Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY
佢又畀屋企人禁足,冇得出街玩。
He is grounded again, so he cannot hang out.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk