遏止

Chinese

		to stop; check	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (遏止)		遏	止
simp. ^#(遏止)		遏	止

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-chih³
  - Yale: è-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehjyy
  - Palladius: эчжи (ečži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aat³ zi²
  - Yale: aat jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ad³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

遏止

to hold back; to check; to resist

Synonyms

不准 (bùzhǔn)
不許 / 不许 (bùxǔ)
制止 (zhìzhǐ)
勿許 / 勿许 (⁸veq-shiu) (Wu)
取締 / 取缔 (qǔdì)
唔准 (m⁴ zeon²) (Cantonese)
嚴禁 / 严禁 (yánjìn) (to strictly forbid)
抑止 (yìzhǐ)
救 (jiù) (Classical Chinese)
毋准 (Min Nan)
禁制 (jìnzhì)
禁止 (jìnzhǐ)
禁絕 / 禁绝 (jìnjué)
遏制 (èzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遏止):

→ Japanese: 遏(あっ)止(し) (asshi)
→ Vietnamese: át chỉ (遏止)