戒

jiè · jie

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to guard against
  2. to exhort
  3. to admonish or warn
  4. to give up or stop doing sth
  5. Buddhist monastic discipline
  6. ring (for a finger)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

比(bǐ)起(qǐ)少(shǎo)抽(chōu)菸(yān),你(nǐ)何(hé)不(bù)直(zhí)接(jiē)把(bǎ)菸(yān)戒(jiè)了(le)?

Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

医(yī)生(shēng)劝(quàn)他(tā)戒(jiè)酒(jiǔ),否(fǒu)则(zé)身(shēn)体(tǐ)会(huì)越(yuè)来(lái)越(yuè)差(chà)。

The doctor advised him to give up drinking, otherwise his health would get worse and worse.

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