| 被禁止 | bèi jìn zhǐ | forbidden |  |
| 不准许 | bù zhǔn xǔ | forbidden / not allowed | |
| 被禁 | bèi jìn | forbidden / proscribed | |
| 禁区 | jìn qū | restricted area / forbidden region | |
| 皇城 | Huáng chéng | Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center | |
| 禁地 | jìn dì | forbidden area / restricted area / (fig.) sth considered off-limits | |
| 禁果 | jìn guǒ | forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex) | |
| 中南海 | Zhōng nán hǎi | Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council | |
| 紫禁城 | Zǐ jìn chéng | the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1] | |
| 故宫博物院 | Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn | Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei | |
| 太和殿 | Tài hé diàn | Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] | |
| 禁脔 | jìn luán | exclusive property / forbidden domain | |
| 太液池 | Tài yè chí | area to the west of the Forbidden City, now divided into Zhongnanhai and Beihai | |
| 轩掖 | xuān yè | forbidden place | |
| 北海公园 | běi hǎi gōng yuán | Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City | |
| 阮安 | Ruǎn An1 | Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City | |
| 五荤 | wǔ hūn | (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander | |
