停止

Character by character

• 停tíng11 strokesHSK 2stop, suspend, delay; suitable
• 止zhǐ4 strokesHSK 3stop, halt, desist; detain

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 停止工作。

  Tíng zhǐ gōng zuò

  Stop working.

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• 我真的想停止。

  Wǒ zhēn de xiǎng tíng zhǐ

  I really want to stop.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 停止. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 停tíngHSK 2

  to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

• 停下tíng xiàHSK 4

  to stop

• 为止wéi zhǐHSK 5

  until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)

• 阻止zǔ zhǐHSK 4

  to prevent; to block

• 禁止jìn zhǐHSK 4

  to prohibit; to forbid; to ban

• 止zhǐHSK 6

  to stop; to prohibit; until; only

• 停车tíng chēHSK 2

  to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall

• 防止fáng zhǐHSK 3

  to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions

• 不止bù zhǐHSK 5

  incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to

• 暂停zàn tíngHSK 5

  to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)

• 停车场tíng chē chǎngHSK 2

  parking lot; car park

• 停留tíng liúHSK 5

  to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over

• 终止zhōng zhǐHSK 5

  to stop; to terminate

• 制止zhì zhǐHSK 7

  to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit

• 不停bù tíngHSK 5

  incessant

• 停电tíng diànHSK 7

  to have a power failure; power cut

• 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐHSK 7

  so far; up to now; still (not)

• 截止jié zhǐHSK 6

  to close; to stop; to put a stop to sth; cut-off point; stopping point; deadline

• 中止zhōng zhǐHSK 7

  to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue

• 止血zhǐ xuèHSK 7

  to staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug)

• 举止jǔ zhǐHSK 7

  bearing; manner; mien

• 停车位tíng chē wèiHSK 7

  parking space; parking spot

• 静止jìng zhǐHSK 7

  still; immobile; static; stationary

• 停顿tíng dùnHSK 7

  to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)