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停止

tíng zhǐ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

停止 (tíng zhǐ) means "to stop/cease". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 停止 means

1. to stop; to halt; to cease

The characters in 停止

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 停止！
  Stop!
• 停止射击。
  Tíngzhǐ shèjī.
  Stop shooting.
• 停止抵抗！
  Tíngzhǐ dǐkàng!
  Stop resisting!
• 停止霸凌！
  Tíngzhǐ bàlíng!
  Stop bullying.
• 停止工作。
  Stop working.
• 请即刻停止。
  Qǐng jíkè tíngzhǐ.
  Please stop that right now.

Where 停止 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mental & cognitive actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tíng zhǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.