Definition

Examples

• 政府宣布从今晚十点开始实行宵禁。
  Zhèngfǔ xuānbù cóng jīn wǎn shí diǎn kāishǐ shíxíng xiāo jìn.
  The government announced that a curfew will be implemented from ten o'clock tonight.
• 疫情期间，很多城市都实施了宵禁。
  Yìqíng qījiān, hěnduō chéngshì dōu shíshī le xiāo jìn.
  During the pandemic, many cities imposed curfews.
• 晚上十一点以后，街上几乎没有人，因为宵禁已经开始了。
  Wǎnshàng shíyī diǎn yǐhòu, jiē shàng jīhū méiyǒu rén, yīnwèi xiāo jìn yǐjīng kāishǐ le.
  After 11 p.m., there are almost no people on the street because the curfew has already started.