xiāo
jìn

common
verb

Meaning of 宵禁

宵禁 means to impose a curfew; to prohibit public passage during nighttime hours. Pronounced xiāo jìn.

  • to impose a curfew; to prohibit public passage during nighttime hours

Definitions & Examples

Shí
xíng
xiāo
jìn

To implement a curfew

Jiě
chú
xiāo
jìn

To lift the curfew

Zhèng
xuān
cóng
kāi
shǐ
xiāo
jìn
 

The government announced that a curfew would begin at midnight.

Xiāo
jìn
jiān
 
suǒ
yǒu
rén
yuán
wài
chū
 

During the curfew, no personnel are allowed to go outside.