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中止

zhōng zhǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

中止 (zhōng zhǐ) means "to cease; to suspend; to break off". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 中止 means

1. to cease
2. to suspend
3. to break off
4. to stop
5. to discontinue

The characters in 中止

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 谈判中止了。
  Tánpàn zhōngzhǐ le.
  The negotiation is off.
• 说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。
  I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.

Sounds the same

Read zhōng zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 终止to stop; to terminate
• 中指middle finger

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