禁言,现代汉语的词义是制止或者禁止各种语言(口语或文字),它是由「禁」和「言」两个基本语素构成的一个合成词。
“Banned from Speaking” (Forced Mute), in modern Chinese, means to prohibit or forbid any language (spoken or written). It is a compound word composed of the two basic morphemes “ban” and “speaking”.