<p><a href="https://cantoneseplus.com/word/194433" rel="noreferrer">戒口</a> (restrict from eating)</p>
<blockquote>
<p>to not eat something for health reasons</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For example, someone can't eat deep-fried food because of high blood pressure, or eat shellfish due to an allergy</p>
<p><em>usually under a doctor's order</em></p>
<p>有咳嗽時對生冷食物要戒口</p>
<p>糖尿病患者對甜品要戒口</p>
<p>我沒敏感症不用戒口</p>

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Thanks , can you add a few examples of it used in a sentence ?
Kantura
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Tang Ho
<p><strong>忌口/口忌 - dietetic restrictions</strong>; abstain from certain food due to illness or other health issues.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>您有口忌嗎? - Do you have dietetic restrictions?</p>
</li>
<li><p>有. 因為忌口, 我得<strong>避免</strong>高鉀食品. - Yes, I do. Because of dietetic restrictions, I must <strong>avoid</strong> foods with very high potassium content.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>禁口/口禁 - dietetic prohibitions</strong>; prohibited from certain food due to illness or other health issues.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>醫生說什麽東西你要禁口? - Did the doctor prescribe dietetic prohibitions?</p>
</li>
<li><p>有, 醫生給我的口禁是<strong>禁食海鮮</strong>. - Yes, he did. He <strong>prohibits me from eating seafood</strong>.</p>
</li>
</ul>

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2023-08-27T23:14:51.980Z
基本上中國對失業率有意見的人都被禁了口
Tang Ho
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@TangHo 此禁口(醫藥,飲食)非彼禁口(政治,語言). 就後者而言, 中國人早已被共產黨**禁聲**了, 無論是言語(之聲), 文字(之聲), 或行動(之聲).
r13
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Hi there, you all should be 禁言(ed) on all communist websites. :-) 禁言 actually includes spoken languages and written languages. But you can still 道路以目。
PdotWang
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r13
<p>I believe that's忌口/口忌</p>
<p>for 忌口， it's like you can't eat it for some objective reasons.</p>
<p>忌
--to be jealous; to envy; to hate
-- to envy
--(literary, or in compounds) to fear; to dread
<strong>--to avoid</strong>
--to abstain; to drop; to stop; to give up (a bad habit)
--to taboo; to prohibit
--taboo</p>

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Nikita Swan Niki
<p>忌口, 戒口, 禁口, Which one?</p>
<p>忌口 is the one.</p>
<p>(1) It has been formally used in the Medicine Prescriptions by the professionals for a long time.</p>
<p>(2) 忌 means 禁忌(忌禁), 戒忌(忌戒), 忌讳(讳忌). The word 忌口 can substitude &quot;戒口&quot;, &quot;禁口&quot;, etc.</p>
<p>(3) It has less ambiguous (歧义) than 戒口 - 借口, 禁口 - 进口.</p>

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PdotWang
<p>Eating requirements: 食物要求</p>
<p>Allergy: 过敏</p>
<p>But I came across another term which I can't seem to find. A waitress in China asked me if I had any eating requirements/allergies but she used a term that I think had 口 in it. I think it was 2 characters with 口 being either the first or second.</p>
<p>你有什么 口X 吗？</p>
<p>你有什么 X口 吗？</p>
<p>Have I misremembered or does such a term exist ?</p>

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Do you have any eating requirements or allergies?
# Do you have any eating requirements or allergies?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-26)

Eating requirements: 食物要求

Allergy: 过敏

But I came across another term which I can't seem to find. A waitress in China asked me if I had any eating requirements/allergies but she used a term that I think had 口 in it. I think it was 2 characters with 口 being either the first or second.

你有什么 口X 吗？

你有什么 X口 吗？

Have I misremembered or does such a term exist ?

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-08-26. Score: 6

[戒口](https://cantoneseplus.com/word/194433) (restrict from eating)

> to not eat something for health reasons

For example, someone can't eat deep-fried food because of high blood pressure, or eat shellfish due to an allergy

*usually under a doctor's order*

有咳嗽時對生冷食物要戒口

糖尿病患者對甜品要戒口

我沒敏感症不用戒口

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks , can you add a few examples of it used in a sentence ?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-08-26. Score: 5

**忌口/口忌 - dietetic restrictions**; abstain from certain food due to illness or other health issues.

* 您有口忌嗎? - Do you have dietetic restrictions?
* 有. 因為忌口, 我得**避免**高鉀食品. - Yes, I do. Because of dietetic restrictions, I must **avoid** foods with very high potassium content.

**禁口/口禁 - dietetic prohibitions**; prohibited from certain food due to illness or other health issues.

* 醫生說什麽東西你要禁口? - Did the doctor prescribe dietetic prohibitions?
* 有, 醫生給我的口禁是**禁食海鮮**. - Yes, he did. He **prohibits me from eating seafood**.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 基本上中國對失業率有意見的人都被禁了口  
> **username_2**: @TangHo 此禁口(醫藥,飲食)非彼禁口(政治,語言). 就後者而言, 中國人早已被共產黨**禁聲**了, 無論是言語(之聲), 文字(之聲), 或行動(之聲).  
> **username_3**: Hi there, you all should be 禁言(ed) on all communist websites. :-) 禁言 actually includes spoken languages and written languages. But you can still 道路以目。  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-08-31. Score: 4

I believe that's忌口/口忌

for 忌口， it's like you can't eat it for some objective reasons.

忌
--to be jealous; to envy; to hate
-- to envy
--(literary, or in compounds) to fear; to dread
**--to avoid**
--to abstain; to drop; to stop; to give up (a bad habit)
--to taboo; to prohibit
--taboo


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-08-31. Score: 2

忌口, 戒口, 禁口, Which one?

忌口 is the one.

(1) It has been formally used in the Medicine Prescriptions by the professionals for a long time.

(2) 忌 means 禁忌(忌禁), 戒忌(忌戒), 忌讳(讳忌). The word 忌口 can substitude "戒口", "禁口", etc.

(3) It has less ambiguous (歧义) than 戒口 - 借口, 禁口 - 进口.


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