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停

tíng

HSK 4 Character

What 停 means

1. to stop
2. to halt
3. to park (a car)

Example sentences

• 停火。
  Tínghuǒ.
  Don't shoot.
• 停止！
  Stop!
• 停手！
  Break it up!
• 风停了。
  The wind calmed down.
• 雨停了。
  It has stopped raining.
• 钟停了。
  The clock has stopped.

Words starting with 停

• 停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
• 停顿tíng dùnto halt; to break off; pause (in speech)
• 停滞tíng zhìstagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
• 停泊tíng bóto anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship)
• 停留tíng liúto stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
• 停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working
• 停下来tíng xià láito stop
• 停下tíng xiàto stop
• 停车场tíng chē chǎngparking lot; car park
• 停住tíng zhùto stop; to halt; to cease
• 停电tíng diànto have a power failure; power cut
• 停靠tíng kàoto call at; to stop at; berth
• 停放tíng fàngto park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place)
• 停水tíng shuǐto cut off the water supply; water outage
• 停业tíng yèto cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down
• 停工tíng gōngto stop work; to shut down; to stop production
• 停车位tíng chē wèiparking space; parking spot
• 停产tíng chǎnto stop production
• 停课tíng kèto stop classes; to close (of school)
• 停当tíng dangsettled; accomplished; ready
• 停战tíng zhànto cease fire; to stop fighting; armistice; truce
• 停火tíng huǒto cease fire; ceasefire
• 停歇tíng xiēto stop for a rest
• 停机tíng jī(of a machine) to stop; to shut down; to park a plane

Words containing 停

• 不停bù tíngincessant
• 暂停zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage
• 马不停蹄mǎ bù tíng tíunrelenting; without stopping to rest
• 消停xiāo tíngto calm down; to stop; to pause
• 调停tiáo tíngto reconcile; to mediate; to bring warring parties to agreement
• 经停jīng tíngto stop over (en route)
• 关停guān tíng(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
• 调停者tiáo tíng zhěmediator; intermediary; go-between
• 消消停停xiāo xiāo tíng tíngintermittently
• 叫停jiào tíng(sports) to call a time-out; to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
• 伤停补时shāng tíng bǔ shí(sports) injury time
• 易蒙停Yì méng tíngImodium (drug brand name); loperamide (used to treat diarrhea)
• 暂停键zàn tíng jiànpause button
• 截停jié tíngto intercept (a vehicle etc)
• 留职停薪liú zhí tíng xīn(Taiwan) leave of absence without pay
• 心脏骤停xīn zàng zhòu tíngcardiac arrest
• 悬停xuán tíngto hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
• 涨停zhǎng tíng(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit…
• 涨停板zhǎng tíng bǎndaily upper limit on the price of a stock
• 睡眠呼吸暂停shuì mián hū xī zàn tíngsleep apnea
• 跌停diē tíng(of a stock price) to fall to the daily lower limit…
• 跌停板diē tíng bǎndaily lower limit on the price of a stock
• 刹停shā tíngto brake to a halt

Characters built on 亭

These share the phonetic component 亭 (tíng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 婷tínggraceful
• 葶tíngDraba nemerosa bebe carpa

Characters that look like 停

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 萍píngduckweed
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast

Sounds the same

Read tíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 庭main hall; front courtyard; law court
• 亭pavilion; booth; kiosk
• 婷graceful
• 廷palace courtyard
• 霆clap of thunder
• 筳bamboo pole; spindle
• 葶Draba nemerosa bebe carpa
• 渟stagnant water
• 朾to bump
• 莛stalk of grass
• 蝏used in 蜻蝏
• 蜓see 蜻蜓